Source Word
杖
Onyomi
ジョウ
Kunyomi
つえ
Character
historical
Japanese Meaning
杖、ステッキ、棒、ワンド / 寄りかかるもの、支え / 体罰に使われる杖
Easy Japanese Meaning
あるくときにからだをささえるためにてでもつほそいぼう
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
手杖;拐杖 / 棍棒;木棍 / 刑杖(体罚用的棍)
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
手杖;拐杖 / 支撐或依靠之物 / 刑杖(用於體罰的棍)
Korean Meaning
지팡이·막대기 / 의지하는 버팀목 / 형벌에 쓰는 매
Indonesian
tongkat; tongkat jalan / penopang; sandaran / tongkat untuk hukuman (rotan)
Vietnamese Meaning
gậy; gậy chống / chỗ dựa; vật để nương tựa / gậy dùng để đánh phạt
Tagalog Meaning
tungkod o baston / sandigan o suhay / pamalo (baston para sa parusa)
Sense(1)
(historical) approximately 3 meters
Sense(2)
something one leans on, a support
Sense(3)
a cane used for corporal punishment
Sense(4)
a particularly shaped stirring stick used to make New Year's porridge
Sense(5)
the stem of a pear
Sense(6)
(historical) seven 尺 (shaku, traditional Japanese foot) and five 寸 (sun, traditional Japanese inch), or approximately 2.3 meters
Sense(7)
(historical) a traditional unit of area
Sense(8)
(historical) one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m²
Sense(9)
staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand
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