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鏑

Readings

Kana: テキ、かぶら、かぶらや、やじり
Romaji: teki, kabura, kaburaya, yajiri
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

arrowhead

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  167
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-8-11
Korean Reading:  jeog
Chinese Reading:  di1
Unicode:  93d1
JIS:  452D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4906
New Nelson Index: 6334
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a11.8
Four Corner Index: 8012.7
Japanese Names Index: 2816
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40790
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0620
Remembering the kanji Index: 2758

Words

鏑 (かぶら)
turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn (attached to an arrow to sound when fired); arrow with such a whistle attached
鏑矢 (かぶらや)
arrow to which is attached a turnip-shaped whistle made of hollowed-out wood or deer horn; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle
流鏑馬 (やぶさめ)
horseback archery
八目鏑 (やつめかぶら)
eight-holed arrow whistle
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