Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Common noun
needle; pin
Common noun
hook
Common noun
stinger; thorn
Common noun
hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
Common noun
staple (for a stapler)
Common noun
needlework; sewing
Common noun
malice
Counter; Noun, used as a suffix
counter for stitches
claw; talon
hook
Abbreviation
hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
hooklike; hook-shaped; unciform
Fishing
(artificial) fly; fly lure
hook-shaped; bent at a right angle
square brackets; Japanese-style quotation marks
Rare term
three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)
style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period
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