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

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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