Word details

乾屎橛

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 乾屎橛.

Dictionary

Entry

乾屎橛かんしけつNounFreq #251489
1

Derogatory; Buddhism; Ref. to the Buddha in a famous koan; trad. translated as "dried shit stick" (now considered a mistranslation of the orig. Chinese)

something worthless; something impure; something unimportant; dried excrement in the shape of a stick

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

drought, dry, desiccate, drink up, heaven, emperor

11 strokesFrequency 1,453JLPT N2Grade 8

On

カンケン

Kun

かわ.くかわ.かすほ.すひ.るいぬい

shit, excrement

9 strokes

On

Kun

くそ

post, stake, axle

16 strokes

On

ケツカチケイ

Kun

くい

Vocabulary quiz

Build your vocabulary

Add words to your personal quiz list and practice recall with the words you actually look up.

Start Word Quiz