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錨: anchor

anchor
16 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here

Readings

On
ビョウ・ミョウ
Kun
いかり

On-reading びょう in 投錨 and 抜錨; do not confuse with 鋲 (びょう, tack), which sounds identical. Alone it is いかり.

Key words

錨いかりanchor
投錨とうびょうdropping anchor
抜錨ばつびょうweighing anchor
錨泊びょうはくlying at anchor

Example sentences

The ship dropped anchor off the harbor and waited for morning.

After waiting for the storm to pass, the ship weighed anchor at six in the morning.

Because of the strong wind, the cargo ship stayed at anchor inside the bay.

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