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    3. 花押

    花押

    花か押おう

    written seal

    KMT10News #37+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab15 strokes

    華押

    かおう

    Noun

    1.
    written seal, stylized signature

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    書しょ類るいに花か押おうが記しるされていた。

    A stylized signature (kaō) was written on the document.

    KMT8History
    織お田だ信のぶ長ながの花か押おうは、非ひ常じょうに有ゆう名めいだ。

    Oda Nobunaga's stylized signature (kaō) is very famous.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    昔むかしの武ぶ将しょうは、文ぶん書しょに花か押おうを用もちいていた。

    Ancient warlords used stylized signatures (kaō) on documents.

    KMT10History
    花か押おうは、個こ人じんの識しき別べつのために考こう案あんされた独どく特とくのサインである。

    A kaō is a unique signature devised for personal identification.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    古こ文もん書じょには、様さま々ざまな形かたちの花か押おうが見みられる。

    Various forms of stylized signatures (kaō) can be seen in ancient documents.

    KMT10HistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    花
    はな…(3)
    flower
    押
    お.す・お.し-・お.っ-・お.さえる・おさ.える…(4)
    push・stop・check・subdue・attach…(6)
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