挽 — kanji meaning “saw”
挽
saw, turn (lathe), grind
- Meanings
- saw, turn (lathe), grind
- On'yomi
- バン (ban)
- Kun'yomi
- ひ.く
- Name readings
- ひき
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- wǎn — Chinese character page
Words with 挽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挽歌 | ばんか banka | elegy; funeral song |
| 挽回 | ばんかい bankai | recovery; regaining; getting back |
| 挽く | ひく hiku | to saw |
| 挽物 | ひきもの hikimono | turned article; lathe work |
| 合い挽き | あいびき aibiki | (mixture of) ground beef and pork |
| 木挽き | こびき kobiki | sawyer |
| 挽き茶 | ひきちゃ hikicha | powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground) |
| 木挽歌 | こびきうた kobikiuta | sawyer's song (a traditional woodcutters' work song) |
| 挽き臼 | ひきうす hikiusu | quern; hand mill |
| 名誉挽回 | めいよばんかい meiyobankai | restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself |
| 粗挽き | あらびき arabiki | coarsely ground (e.g. coffee, grain); minced (e.g. meat) |
| 退勢挽回 | たいせいばんかい taiseibankai | restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend |
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