Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft

    Usually written using kana alone

    記念碑の一番上で禎子が頭の上に金の鶴をかざしている。
    On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head.
  2. to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to cover something with something

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hold aloft

Kun
かげかげ.るかざ.すきぬがさくも.るくもり
On
エイ
Strokes
17
Radical
feather

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
2-11-6, 1-10-7SKIP code
2t15.2The Kanji Dictionary
7712.7, 7722.7Four corner code
7ff3Unicode hex code
1-70-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3679Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4691New Nelson (John Haig)
2874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3567Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28796Morohashi
yi4Pinyin reading
yeKorean reading