杖 – staff, cane

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The kanji 杖 means staff, cane. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つえ (tsue). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	つえ	tsue

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: ノ・一・木.

Words using 杖

杖つえcane

Example sentences

杖は彼に何の役にも立たなかった。

The stick didn't help him any.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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