Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Word usually written using kana alone
raft
forearm guard (made of thin metal plates)
Food, cooking
skewered baby-eel kabayaki
Esp. 撥
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick
Esp. 桴, 枹
drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
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