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    3. 十手

    十手

    十じっ手て

    jitte

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab6 strokes

    實手実手

    じってじってい

    Noun

    1.
    jitte, short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    十
    とお・と・そ…(15)
    ten
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
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