Japanese symbol for “spanning”
足掛け
あしかけ
Romaji: ashikake
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.)
In Japanese, spanning is 足掛け, read あしかけ (ashikake).
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Meanings
- n leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.) (sumo, MA)
- n foothold; pedal
- n-pref spanning (incl. partial start and end periods)
Written forms: 足掛け、足かけ、足掛. Readings: あしかけ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “spanning”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| スパニング | スパニング supaningu | spanning |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 満足 | まんぞく manzoku | satisfaction; contentment; gratification |
| 不足 | ふそく fusoku | insufficiency; deficiency; shortage |
| 足跡 | あしあと ashiato | footprints |
| 足元 | あしもと ashimoto | at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step") |
| 発足 | ほっそく hossoku | starting; inauguration; launch |
| 手足 | てあし teashi | hands and feet; limbs |
| 掛け | かけ kake | credit |
| 仕掛け | しかけ shikake | device; contrivance; mechanism |
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.