鞘 — kanji meaning “sheath”
鞘
sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)
- Meanings
- sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)、ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- さや
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 177
- Chinese reading
- qiào, shāo — Chinese character page
Words with 鞘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腱鞘炎 | けんしょうえん kenshouen | tenosynovitis |
| 金利鞘 | きんりしょう kinrishou | interest margin |
| 朱鞘 | しゅざや shuzaya | red-lacquered sword sheath |
| 腱鞘 | けんしょう kenshou | sheath of tendon |
| 値鞘 | ねざや nezaya | margin; spread (in prices) |
| 鞘当て | さやあて sayaate | rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman |
| 海鞘 | ほや hoya | sea squirt; ascidian |
| 鞘走る | さやばしる sayabashiru | to slip out of one's scabbard (of swords) |
| 鞘を払う | さやをはらう sayaoharau | to draw a sword |
| 鮫鞘 | さめざや samezaya | sharkskin scabbard |
| 鞘翅類 | しょうしるい shoushirui | coleopterans; beetles |
| 鞘長 | さやなが sayanaga | spear squid (Loligo bleekeri) |
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