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    3. 薙

    薙

    薙な.ぐ

    mow down (the enemy)

    NTMilitaryKanji16 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    な.ぐなぎか.る

    On'yomi

    テイチ

    mow down (the enemy)

    艹雉

    艹
    矢
    大
    亻
    人
    隹

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    蕉蔟薇蘿茯葵獲蓿葵蔟獲蕉薦薇蘿茯

    Alternative forms of this concept

    䒑
    艸

    Concepts using this kanji

    大水薙鳥

    streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)

    水薙鳥

    petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)

    薙刀術

    art of using a naginata

    横薙ぎ

    sweeping sideways

    薙ぎ払う

    to mow down

    草薙の剣

    Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia)

    薙刀

    naginata

    薙ぐ

    to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亻
    • 人
    • 大
    • 矢
    • 艹
    • 隹

    is_used_in

    • 薙刀
    • 薙ぎ払う
    • 薙刀術
    • 薙ぐ
    • 水薙鳥
    • 大水薙鳥
    • 草薙の剣
    • 横薙ぎ

    Similar concepts

    • 蕉
    • 蔟
    • 薇
    • 蘿
    • 茯
    • 葵
    • 獲
    • 蓿
    • 薦

    Variants

    • 䒑
    • 艸

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