鋸
鋸
16 strokes
Grade 9
Meanings
saw (cuts wood)
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
キョ
コ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
のこ
のこぎり
Common Words
1
Colloquial; Abbreviation
saw
Examples
彼は丸太をのこぎりでひいて板にしている。
He is sawing a log into boards.
1
fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw
Examples
ジグソーとは糸鋸の事で、名前の由来はそこからきているの。
Jigsaw refers to a fret saw - that's how the name's origin was derived.
1
Formal or literary term
teeth of a saw; saw teeth; serration
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きょし only; Botany
serration (of a leaf)
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sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus); saw stag beetle
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