Japanese symbol for “harnessing”

繋駕

けいが

Romaji: keiga

harnessing (a horse to a cart, esp. for a race)

In Japanese, harnessing is 繋駕, read けいが (keiga).

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Meanings

n, vs harnessing (a horse to a cart, esp. for a race)

Kanji and stroke order

繋

tie, fasten, chain

on: ケイ
kun: つな.ぐ、かか.る、か.ける

17 strokes

駕

vehicle, palanquin, litter

on: カ、ガ
kun: かご、が.する、しのぐ、のる

15 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
繋がる	つながる tsunagaru	to be connected (to); to be joined together; to be linked
繋がり	つながり tsunagari	connection; link; relationship
繋ぐ	つなぐ tsunagu	to connect; to link together
繋ぎ	つなぎ tsunagi	link; connection; tie
繋げる	つなげる tsunageru	to connect
数珠繋ぎ	じゅずつなぎ juzutsunagi	linking together; tying in a row
凌駕	りょうが ryouga	excelling; surpassing; outdoing
出駕	しゅつが shutsuga	departure (of a noble)

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