薙 — kanji meaning “mow down (the enemy)”
薙
mow down (the enemy)
- Meanings
- mow down (the enemy)
- On'yomi
- テイ (tei)、チ (chi)
- Kun'yomi
- な.ぐ、なぎ、か.る
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- tì
Words with 薙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薙刀 | なぎなた naginata | naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive) |
| 薙ぎ払う | なぎはらう nagiharau | to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally) |
| 薙刀術 | なぎなたじゅつ naginatajutsu | art of using a naginata |
| 薙ぐ | なぐ nagu | to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow |
| 水薙鳥 | みずなぎどり mizunagidori | petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae) |
| 大水薙鳥 | おおみずなぎどり oomizunagidori | streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas) |
| 草薙の剣 | くさなぎのつるぎ kusanaginotsurugi | Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword |
| 横薙ぎ | よこなぎ yokonagi | sweeping sideways; mowing down |
| 薙髪 | ちはつ chihatsu | shaving one's head (esp. upon entering the Buddhist priesthood); tonsure |
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