てこ
Meanings
Noun
1. lever (Usually kana)
2. agent (causing something to happen); instrument; force (Usually kana)
3. assistant; helper (Usually kana)
Other spellings
梃子梃
Other readings
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
てこ
Used in vocabulary
テコ入れ
shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; support; promotion; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up
Noun
Examples3
ねじ、
The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
彼ら
They lifted the rock by means of a lever.
彼
There was no budging him.