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鎹

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Kana: かすがい

Romaji: kasugai

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

clamp, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 18

Radical Number: 167

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-8-10

Korean Reading: song

Chinese Reading: rong2

Unicode: 93b9

JIS: 6F31

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4886

New Nelson Index: 6309

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a9.11

Four Corner Index: 8813.3

Daikanwanjiten Index: 40766

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0617

Words

鎹 (かすがい)

clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

豆腐に鎹 (とうふにかすがい)

having no effect; waste of effort

子は鎹 (こはかすがい)

children are a bond between husband and wife

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