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鞘

Readings

Kana: ショウ、ソウ、さや
Romaji: shō, sou, saya
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  177
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-9-7
Korean Reading:  cho
Chinese Reading:  shao1
Unicode:  9798
JIS:  3E64

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5099
New Nelson Index: 6587
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4b12.8
Four Corner Index: 4952.7
Japanese Names Index: 2542
Daikanwanjiten Index: 42850X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0164
Remembering the kanji Index: 2784
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1598
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2805
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2259

Words

鞘 (さや)
scabbard; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission; enclosure; outer fence
朱鞘 (しゅざや)
red-lacquered sword sheath
利鞘 (りざや)
profit margin
鞘当て (さやあて)
rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial
鞘取り (さやとり)
brokerage
ミエリン鞘 (ミエリンしょう)
myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
腱鞘 (けんしょう)
sheath of tendon
値鞘 (ねざや)
margin; spread (in prices)
海鞘 (ほや、ホヤ)
sea squirt; ascidian
腱鞘炎 (けんしょうえん)
inflammation of a tendon (sheath); tendonitis; tendinitis; tenosynovitis; tenovaginitis; tendovaginitis
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