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杖

杖: walking stick

walking stick; staff
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Readings

On
ジョウ
Kun
つえ

Read つえ alone, voiced after another word: 松葉杖 (まつばづえ). The on-reading ジョウ appears in 杖術 and 錫杖.

Key words

杖つえcane; staff
松葉杖まつばづえcrutches
魔法の杖まほうのつえmagic wand
杖術じょうじゅつstaff martial art
錫杖しゃくじょうmonk's staff

Example sentences

Grandma climbed the slope slowly, leaning on her cane.

I broke my leg playing soccer and went to school on crutches for a while.

A monk of the old temple stood before the gate, jingling his staff.

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