Entry
  1. Noun

    rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman

    see 恋の鞘当て

  2. quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup

  3. quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths

    orig. meaning

Also written さや当て【さやあて】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)

Kun
さや
On
ショウソウ
Strokes
16
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
leather

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-9-7SKIP code
4b12.8The Kanji Dictionary
4952.7Four corner code
9798Unicode hex code
1-30-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5099Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6587New Nelson (John Haig)
2259Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2784Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2805Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2542Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
42850XMorohashi
qiao4, shao1Pinyin reading
choKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hit, right, appropriate, himself

Kun
あ.たるあ.たりあ.てるあ.てまさ.にまさ.にべし
On
トウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
91 of 2500
Radical
snout
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

たい

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3n3.3The Kanji Dictionary
9017.7Four corner code
1075deroo
5f53Unicode hex code
1-37-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1359Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1706New Nelson (John Haig)
2177New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2701Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1378Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1865Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1153Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1236Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
93A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
282Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
96Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9913Morohashi
183A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
77Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
77Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
290sakade
517Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
200henshall3
132Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
68crowley
402Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
513Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1161Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dang1, dang4Pinyin reading
dangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level