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  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp

    この棒は先がとがっている。
    This pole is sharp at the end.
  2. to be on edge; to be nervous; to be irritable; to be touchy

  3. to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh; to be angry; to look displeased; to look sour

  4. to be provocative; to be radical; to be rebellious

Also written 尖がる【とがる】

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be pointed, sharp, taper, displeased, angry, edgy

Kun
とが.るさきするど.い
On
セン
Strokes
6
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2133 of 2500
Radical
small

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Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3n3.1The Kanji Dictionary
9043.0Four corner code
5c16Unicode hex code
1-32-77JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1357Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1393New Nelson (John Haig)
2176New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2700Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1864Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2903Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2912Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7480Morohashi
jian1Pinyin reading
cheomKorean reading

More words

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Words starting with 尖

Words ending in 尖

Sentences

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きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。

Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.

Break it down Tatoeba

遠くに教会の尖塔が見えた。

A church spire could be seen in the distance.

Break it down Tatoeba

彼女の言い方は私の神経を尖らせる。

Her manner of speaking gets on my nerves.

Break it down Tatoeba

Names

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とがり

Togari

Family or surname
尖庵せんなん

Sennan

Given name
尖閣せんかく

Senkaku

Unclassified name