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    3. 鞘

    鞘

    鞘さや

    sheath

    NTMilitaryKanji16 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    さや

    On'yomi

    ショウソウ

    sheathcasemargindifferenceshells (of beans)

    革肖

    十
    革
    ⺌
    小
    月

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    鞍鞠靴革鞄靭鞭鞫革鞳鞋鞆韃韆韈鞭鞨鞦鞣靺鞄靭靫鞅靼鞁鞏鞜鞍鞠靱靴鞫靹鞐鞴銷霄

    Concepts using this kanji

    元の鞘に収まる

    to bury the hatchet

    金利鞘

    interest margin

    言葉に鞘がある

    to be evasive

    真海鞘

    sea pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi)

    鞘長

    spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)

    鞘当て

    rivalry in love

    海鞘

    sea squirt

    葉鞘

    leaf sheath

    値鞘

    margin

    恋の鞘当て

    rivalry in love

    鞘走る

    to slip out of one's scabbard (of swords)

    鞘を払う

    to draw a sword

    鞘味泥

    oedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)

    神経鞘腫

    schwannoma

    鞘堂

    outer roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites

    卵鞘

    ootheca

    幼芽鞘

    coleoptile

    弓は袋に太刀は鞘

    the world is at peace

    朱鞘

    red-lacquered sword sheath

    鞘尻

    tip of a scabbard

    ミエリン鞘

    myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)

    腱鞘炎

    tenosynovitis

    鞘翅類

    coleopterans

    髄鞘

    myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)

    腱鞘

    sheath of tendon

    鮫鞘

    sharkskin scabbard

    翅鞘

    elytron

    鞘

    scabbard

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 十
    • ⺌
    • 小
    • 月
    • 革

    is_used_in

    • 金利鞘
    • 朱鞘
    • 鞘
    • 腱鞘
    • 腱鞘炎
    • 値鞘
    • 鞘当て
    • 海鞘
    • 鞘走る
    • 鞘を払う
    • 鮫鞘
    • 恋の鞘当て
    • 元の鞘に収まる
    • 鞘翅類
    • 鞘長
    • 髄鞘
    • ミエリン鞘
    • 鞘味泥
    • 翅鞘
    • 幼芽鞘
    • 鞘尻
    • 真海鞘
    • 言葉に鞘がある
    • 神経鞘腫
    • 弓は袋に太刀は鞘
    • 鞘堂
    • 葉鞘
    • 卵鞘

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    • 鞍
    • 鞠
    • 靴
    • 革
    • 鞄
    • 靭
    • 鞭
    • 鞫
    • 鞳
    • 鞋
    • 鞆
    • 韃
    • 韆
    • 韈
    • 鞨
    • 鞦
    • 鞣
    • 靺
    • 靫
    • 鞅
    • 靼
    • 鞁
    • 鞏
    • 鞜
    • 靱
    • 靹
    • 鞐
    • 鞴
    • 銷
    • 霄

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