杖 — kanji meaning “staff”
杖
staff, cane
- Meanings
- staff, cane
- On'yomi
- ジョウ (jou)
- Kun'yomi
- つえ
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2387 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhàng — Chinese character page
Words with 杖
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 松葉杖 | まつばづえ matsubazue | crutch; crutches |
| 頬杖 | ほおづえ hoozue | resting one's chin in one's hands |
| 虎杖 | いたどり itadori | Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo |
| 錫杖 | しゃくじょう shakujou | khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff |
| 金剛杖 | こんごうづえ kongouzue | pilgrim's staff |
| 仕込み杖 | しこみづえ shikomizue | swordstick; sword cane; loaded cane |
| 竹の杖 | たけのつえ takenotsue | bamboo rod (stick, pole) |
| 撞木杖 | しゅもくづえ shumokuzue | crutches |
| 側杖 | そばづえ sobazue | blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to someone else's fight |
| 杖柱 | つえはしら tsuehashira | person upon whom one relies |
| 杖術 | じょうじゅつ joujutsu | jōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff |
| 杖道 | じょうどう joudou | jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.