枷
枷: shackles
shackles; fetters
9 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 5 words here
Readings
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Kunかせ・からざお
Read かせ; compounds put the body part first: 足枷, 手枷, 首枷. Figuratively, 枷 is anything that restrains or burdens you.
Key words
枷かせshackles; fetters; burden
足枷あしかせleg shackle; hindrance
手枷てかせhandcuffs
首枷くびかせneck shackle; cangue
Example sentences
囚人は重い足枷をはめられ、地下牢に入れられた。
The prisoner was fitted with heavy leg shackles and thrown into the dungeon.
過去の失敗が、彼にとって見えない枷になっている。
His past failure has become an invisible shackle for him.
捕らえられた魔女は、首枷をはめられて広場へ引き出された。
The captured witch was dragged out to the square with a shackle around her neck.