笈
笈: traveler's backpack
traveler's backpack
9 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here
Readings
On
キュウ
Kun—
Reads おい for the pack and in 笈摺, but きゅう in the idiom 笈を負う (leave home to study).
Key words
笈おいtraveler's pack
笈を負うきゅうをおうto leave home to study
笈摺おいずるpilgrim's vest
Example sentences
行者は、重い笈を背負って山道を登っていった。
The ascetic climbed the mountain path carrying a heavy pack on his back.
彼は十八の年に笈を負って、都へ上った。
At eighteen he left home to study and went up to the capital.
お遍路さんは、白い笈摺を着て札所をめぐる。
Pilgrims wear a white pilgrim's vest as they tour the temples.