釘

10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

nail, tack, peg

Kun'yomi
  • くぎ
    		nail
On'yomi
  • テイ
  • チョウ

Main Radical

金(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

くぎ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

nail, tack, peg
くぎ　テイ　チョウ (Kentei Pre-1)
gold
キン　きむ　かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン　すべ.て　まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
to divide
street, ward, town
チョウ　テイ　チン (3rd, N1)

Common Words

くぎ
釘
nail
くぎ
釘
づ
付
　
け
nailing on ②being stationary ③(price) pegging
ご
五
すん
寸
くぎ
釘
long nail
め
目
くぎ
釘
rivet on a sword hilt
ぬか
糠
　
に
くぎ
釘
having no effect
あ
合
　
い
くぎ
釘
double-pointed nail
で
出
　
る
くぎ
釘
　
は
う
打
　
た
　
れ
　
る
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down ②tall trees catch much wind
き
切
　
り
くぎ
釘
brad
うら
裏
くぎ
釘
nail sticking through
くぎ
釘
ぬ
抜
　
き
pincers
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References

Unicode hex code 91D8
JIS X 0208 1-37-3
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4816
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6217
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1667
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2100
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1489
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2766
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2788
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1154
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40159
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a2.4
Four corner code 8112.0