佃
佃: rice field
rice field; Tsukuda (place)
7 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here
Readings
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テン・デン
Kunつくだ
Best known through 佃煮 (food simmered in soy sauce) and Tsukuda, a district of Tokyo; the reading つくだ is irregular.
Key words
佃煮つくだにtsukudani (food simmered in soy sauce)
佃つくだTsukuda (place name)
Example sentences
母は昆布を甘辛く煮て、佃煮を作った。
Mother simmered kelp in a sweet-salty sauce and made tsukudani.
隅田川の河口にある佃は、昔は小さな島だった。
Tsukuda, at the mouth of the Sumida River, was once a small island.
ジョギングの途中、佃大橋の上で足を止めて川を眺めた。
During my jog I stopped on Tsukuda Ohashi Bridge and looked at the river.