棒 – rod, stick, cane

12 strokesTaught in grade 6#1455 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 棒 means rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ (bou). It is written with 12 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	ボウ	bou

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: ｜・一・人・木・二・大.

Words using 棒

泥棒どろぼうthief棒ぼうpole鉄棒てつぼうiron rod

Example sentences

そこの乞食が泥棒である事がわかった。

The beggar turned out to be a thief.

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この棒は先がとがっている。

This pole is sharp at the end.

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体操競技の中では、鉄棒の大車輪が好きです。

I like to see a gymnast do the giant swing on the high bar.

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Kanji with the same radical

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