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開き足 (hirakiashi)

Romaji: hirakiashi

Meaning

  1. folding trestle legs
  2. hiraki-ashi; lateral foot displacement (kendo) (MA)

Kanji and stroke order

open, unfold, unseal
on: カイ
kun: ひら.く、ひら.き、-びら.き、ひら.ける
12 strokes · JLPT 3
leg, foot, be sufficient
on: ソク
kun: あし、た.りる、た.る、た.す
7 strokes · JLPT 4

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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