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蹄: hoof

hoof
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Readings

On
テイ
Kun
ひづめ

Kun ひづめ is the plain word for hoof; on-reading テイ appears in 蹄鉄 (horseshoe) and 馬蹄.

Key words

蹄ひづめhoof
蹄鉄ていてつhorseshoe
馬蹄ばていhorse's hoof
偶蹄目ぐうていもくeven-toed ungulates

Example sentences

From far away came the sound of a horse's hooves.

The blacksmith hammered red-hot iron to make a horseshoe.

Hoofprints continued in a line across the snow.

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