柁: rudder

rudder; helm (variant of 舵)

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Kun

かじ

In modern writing 舵 is the standard form for かじ (rudder). 柁 survives mostly in surnames such as 柁原 and 柁谷.

柁かじrudder; Kaji (surname)

柁原かじはらKajihara (surname)

柁谷かじたにKajitani (surname)

柁沢たざわTazawa (surname)

船長せんちょうは柁かじを取とり、船首せんしゅをゆっくりと港みなとの外そとへ向むけた。

The captain took the helm and slowly turned the bow toward the open sea.

柁原かじはらさんは、毎朝まいあさ早はやく起おきて、川沿かわぞいの道みちを走はしっている。

Kajihara gets up early every morning and runs along the riverside path.

同おなじ学校がっこうの柁沢たざわさんは、名字みょうじをよく読み間違よみまちがえられると笑わらっていた。

Tazawa from my school laughed that people often misread the surname.