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Keyword
rod
  • stick
  • cane
  • pole
  • club
  • line
Frequency
#1455
Strokes
12
Grade
6
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1697
Readings
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Mnemonic
A tree is dedicated to the village, its straight trunk cut into a sturdy rod for the festival procession.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
棒ぼう
pole; rod; stick; baton; line; dash
Noun
相あい棒ぼう
partner; pal; accomplice
Noun
泥どろ棒ぼう
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
Noun
年棒ねんぽう
annual salary
Noun
鉄てつ棒ぼう
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
Noun
用よう心じん棒ぼう
bodyguard; bouncer; (security) guard; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
Noun
棒ぼう読よみ
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
Noun
ぶっきら棒ぼう
curt; blunt; brusque
Na-adjective
綿めん棒ぼう
cotton swab
Noun
棒ぼう状じょう
cylinder or rod-shaped
Noun
警けい棒ぼう
(police officer's) baton; truncheon; billy club
Noun
棍こん棒ぼう
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
Noun
指し揮き棒ぼう
(conductor's) baton; stick; perforated baton; bâton de commandement; bâton percé
Noun
棒ぼう引びき
drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.); striking out; crossing out; cancellation (of a debt); writing off; indicating a long vowel with a long-vowel mark; long-vowel mark; tug of war played with a pole
Noun
棒ぼう立だち
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
Noun
片かた棒ぼう
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
Noun
金かな棒ぼう
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
Noun
棒ぼうグラフ
bar graph; bar chart
Noun
麺めん棒ぼう
rolling pin
Noun
棒ぼう術じゅつ
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
Noun
棒ぼう切きれ
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
Noun
針しん小しょう棒ぼう大だい
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
Na-adjective