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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
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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

The ascetic climbed the mountain path carrying a heavy pack on his back.

At eighteen he left home to study and went up to the capital.

Pilgrims wear a white pilgrim's vest as they tour the temples.

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