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：2026/01/08
杖
Hiragana
じょう
Noun
historical
Japanese Meaning
細長い棒状の道具。歩行を助けたり、体を支えたり、護身や儀礼などに用いる。 / 武道で用いられる棒状の武器。長さや太さに一定の規格があるものを指すことが多い。
Easy Japanese Meaning
あるくときにからだをささえるために手にもつながいぼう
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日本武术中的木杖，约四尺长，短于棒（长棍）。 / 武术用短棍；防身木杖。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日本武術中的短杖（長約四尺多），短於棒 / 用於格鬥的中短棍
Korean Meaning
무술에서 쓰는 단봉 조(약 4척 길이로 봉보다 짧음) / 지팡이
Indonesian
tongkat jō (senjata bela diri) / tongkat pertempuran pendek (±4 shaku), lebih pendek dari bō
Vietnamese Meaning
gậy jō (gậy chiến đấu ngắn trong võ Nhật) / gậy chiến đấu dài khoảng hơn 4 shaku (~1,2–1,3 m), ngắn hơn bō
Tagalog Meaning
pamalong kahoy na panglaban (jō), humigit-kumulang 4+ shaku ang haba, mas maikli kaysa bō / maikling bastong panlaban sa sining-martial ng Hapon
Sense（1）
a jo: a fighting staff, a little over 4 尺 (shaku, “a traditional unit of measure, about 30 cm or a foot”) long, shorter than a 棒 (bō, “quarterstaff”)
Sense（2）
(historical) under the ancient Ritsuryō system, caning as a form of corporal punishment
Sense（3）
(historical) a traditional unit of area: one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m²
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Quizzes for review
a jo: a fighting staff, a little over 4 尺 (shaku, “a traditional unit of measure, about 30 cm or a foot”) long, shorter than a 棒 (bō, “quarterstaff”)
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He is learning self-defense techniques using a jo.
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彼は杖を使って自己防衛の技を習っています。
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