Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
Idiomatic expression
Also written 藁にも縋る【わらにもすがる】
Characters in this word
1藁
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (15)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2-3-14, 2-4-14 | SKIP code |
| 3k14.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4490.4 | Four corner code |
| 85c1 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-47-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4083 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 5234 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3015 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2103 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2400 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2480 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2682 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 32222X | Morohashi |
| gao3 | Pinyin reading |
| go | Korean reading |