KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 鞘

ショウ, ソウ, さや
sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)
This kanji has 16 strokes: 9 strokes in the "leather" radical (かわ) and 7 other strokes
Sample Compounds (22):
1.

けんしょうえん

inflammation of a tendon (sheath), tendonitis, tendinitis, tenosynovitis, tenovaginitis, tendovaginitis
2.
ミエリン
ミエリンしょう

myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
3.

ほや

sea squirt, ascidian
4.

ぎゃくざや

(discount rate) negative spread
5.

きんりしょう

interest margin
6.
まる
もとのさやにおさまる

to bury the hatchet, to make up
7.

もとさや

returning to normal after all is said and done
8.

さめざや

sharkskin scabbard
9.

しゅざや

red-lacquered sword sheath
10.

さや

scabbard
11.

さやをはらう

to draw a sword
12.

さやとり

brokerage
13.

さやばしる

to slip out of one''s scabbard (of swords)
14.

さやなが

spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
15.

さやあて

rivalry (in love, touching of sheaths)
16.

さやみどろ

oedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)
17.

しょうしるい

coleoptera, beetles
18.

ずいしょう

myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
19.

ねざや

margin, spread (in prices)
20.

りざや

profit margin
21.

こいのさやあて

rivalry for the heart of a woman
22.

けんしょう

sheath of tendon

Kuten Code: 3068
EUC Code: bee4
Shift-JIS Code: 8f84
JIS Code: 3e64
Unicode: 9798
Radical Index: 177
Four Corner code: 4952.7
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 5099
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 6587
Morohashi Volume.Page: 12.164
"Japanese Names" Index: 2784
Korean Reading: cho
Pinyin: qiao4, shao1

Radical Index : : 鞘

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