梶: paper mulberry

paper mulberry; rudder

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梶 (かじ) is the paper mulberry; it is also a variant of 舵 'rudder'. Common in surnames and in 梶木 (marlin).

梶かじpaper mulberry; rudder

梶の木かじのきpaper mulberry tree

梶木かじきmarlin; swordfish

梶棒かじぼうshafts of a rickshaw

昔むかしは七夕たなばたの日ひに、梶かじの葉はに願ねがいごとを書かいた。

In the old days, people wrote their wishes on paper mulberry leaves on Tanabata.

漁師りょうしは、船ふねに大おおきな梶木かじきを引き上ひきあげた。

The fisherman hauled a big marlin onto his boat.

人力車じんりきしゃの車夫しゃふは、梶棒かじぼうを握にぎって走り出はしりだした。

The rickshaw puller gripped the shafts and started running.