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Keyword
lever
Strokes
11
Readings
チョウ
テイ
てこ
つえ
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
梃ちょう
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
Counter
梃子てこ
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; force; assistant; helper
Noun
梃てこ入いれ
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; support; promotion; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
Noun