杵: wooden mallet

wooden mallet; pestle

8 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 5 words here

Readings

ショ・ソ

Kun

きね

Read きね for the mallet used to pound mochi. The on-reading ショ appears only in 金剛杵, a Buddhist ritual tool.

杵きねwooden mallet; pestle

杵柄きねづかmallet handle

昔取った杵柄むかしとったきねづかskills from one's past

金剛杵こんごうしょvajra (Buddhist ritual tool)

年末ねんまつ、祖父そふが大おおきな杵きねで餅もちをついた。

At the end of the year, Grandpa pounded rice cakes with a big wooden mallet.

昔取った杵柄むかしとったきねづかで、父ちちは魚さかなをさばく手てつきが今いまでも鮮あざやかだ。

Thanks to skills from his younger days, Dad's hands are still deft at filleting fish.

寺てらの宝物ほうもつ館かんで、金剛杵こんごうしょという仏具ぶつぐを見みた。

At the temple's treasure hall, I saw a Buddhist ritual tool called a vajra.