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Readings

Kana: キョ、コ、のこ、のこぎり
Romaji: kyo, ko, noko, nokogiri
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

saw (cuts wood)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  167
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-8-8
Korean Reading:  geo
Chinese Reading:  ju1
Unicode:  92f8
JIS:  3578

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4878
New Nelson Index: 6297
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a8.19
Four Corner Index: 8716.4
Japanese Names Index: 2522
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40505
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0557
Remembering the kanji Index: 2759
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1552
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2782
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2184

Words

(のこぎり)
saw; musical saw
両刃鋸 (りょうばのこぎり)
double-edged saw
鋸鮫 (のこぎりざめ、ノコギリザメ)
saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Prietiophorus japonicus)
弦鋸 (つるのこ)
traditional Japanese woodworking saw; bow saw
鋸屑 (のこくず、のこぎりくず、きょせつ)
sawdust
鋸歯 (きょし、のこぎりば、のこば)
teeth of a saw; serration
鋸草 (のこぎりそう、ノコギリソウ)
Siberian yarrow (Achillea sibirica); achillea
丸のこ (まるのこ)
circular saw; buzz saw
金鋸 (かねのこぎり)
hacksaw
糸鋸 (いとのこ)
coping saw; fretsaw; jig saw; jigsaw
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