Onyomi: ボウ · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: cane, club, line, pole, rod, stick
Kanji for cane, club, line, pole, rod
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棒 is formed from the wood radical 木 on the left and the character 奉 on the right. 木 represents wood, while 奉 means to hold up or offer with both hands. Together, they show a piece of wood held or used as a tool. From this structure, 棒 came to mean stick, rod, or pole.
棒 shows a wooden object held and used, meaning stick or rod.
Think of holding up a piece of wood (木) with both hands (奉). That long wooden object used as a tool or weapon is 棒.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 棒 | ぼう | pole, rod, stick, baton | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 棒引き | ぼうびき | drawing a line (esp. through an entry in a ledger, record book, etc.), striking out, crossing out | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 孑孑 | ぼうふら | mosquito larva, wriggler, maggot | Noun |
| 抱腹絶倒 | ほうふくぜっとう | laughing oneself into convulsions, splitting one's sides laughing, rolling with laughter | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 棒切れ | ぼうきれ | stick, piece of wood, billet, piece of a broken pole | Noun |
| 棒読み | ぼうよみ | reading in a monotone, stiff delivery, wooden delivery | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 棒状 | ぼうじょう | cylinder or rod-shaped | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 棒高跳び | ぼうたかとび | pole vault | Noun |
| 棒立ち | ぼうだち | standing upright, standing bolt upright, rearing | Noun |
| 棒に振る | ぼうにふる | to waste, to sacrifice, to spoil, to ruin, to lose, to forfeit, to throw away | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending |