杭: stake

stake; post; pile

8 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

コウ

Kun

くい

On-yomi コウ is rare; read くい. 出る杭は打たれる (the nail that sticks out gets hammered down) is a common proverb.

杭くいstake; post

杭打ちくいうちpile driving

橋杭はしぐいbridge pile

出る杭は打たれるでるくいはうたれるthe nail that sticks out gets hammered

テントが飛とばされないように、地面じめんに杭くいを打ち込うちこんだ。

I drove stakes into the ground so the tent wouldn't blow away.

出る杭は打でるくいはうたれると言いうが、私わたしは自分じぶんの意見を言いけんをいい続つづけたい。

They say the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, but I want to keep speaking my mind.

工事こうじ現場げんばでは、朝あさから杭打くいうちの大おおきな音おとが響ひびいている。

At the construction site, the loud noise of pile driving has echoed since morning.