鍬 — kanji meaning “hoe with long blade at acute angle”
鍬
hoe with long blade at acute angle
- Meanings
- hoe with long blade at acute angle
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)、シュウ (shuu)
- Kun'yomi
- くわ、すき
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- qiāo — Chinese character page
Words with 鍬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鍬形 | くわがた kuwagata | hoe-shaped helmet crest |
| 馬鍬 | まぐわ maguwa | harrow; rake |
| 鍬形虫 | くわがたむし kuwagatamushi | stag beetle |
| 鍬入れ | くわいれ kuwaire | breaking ground; ground-breaking (ceremony) |
| 鋤鍬 | すきくわ sukikuwa | farming implement |
| 鋸鍬形 | のこぎりくわがた nokogirikuwagata | sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus); saw stag beetle |
| 深山鍬形 | みやまくわがた miyamakuwagata | Miyama stag beetle (Lucanus maculifemoratus) |
| 大鍬形 | おおくわがた ookuwagata | giant stag beetle (Dorcus hopei) |
| 木鍬 | こくわ kokuwa | wooden hoe |
| 小鍬形 | こくわがた kokuwagata | Dorcus rectus (species of stag beetle) |
| 鍬初め | くわはじめ kuwahajime | New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction |
| 鍬形草 | くわがたそう kuwagatasou | Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.