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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サン、き.る
Romaji: san, ki.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

make fire by rubbing sticks

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  27
Radical Number:  167
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-8-19
Korean Reading:  chan
Chinese Reading:  zuan3
Unicode:  947d
JIS:  6F53

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4935
New Nelson Index: 6374
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a15.3
Four Corner Index: 8418.6
Japanese Names Index: 3020
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41082
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0659

Words

(たがね)
chisel; burin; graver; engraving tool; gad; jumper; mining tool
切り出す (きりだす)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out
鑽孔 (さんこう)
boring; punching
火鑽り (ひきり)
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill
鑽る (きる)
to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)
研鑽 (けんさん)
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
切火 (きりび)
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; Shinto fire-purification ceremony
鑽孔機 (さんこうき)
boring machine; punching machine; perforator
自己研鑽 (じこけんさん)
self-improvement
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