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

    to stand on ceremony

    Usually written using kana alone

    ただ会釈をするだけなのに、妙にしゃちほこ張ってしまった。
    It was just a simple greeting, but somehow I got strangely tense.
  2. to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written しゃちほこ張る【しゃちほこばる】鯱鉾ばる【しゃちほこばる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fabulous dolphin-like fish, killer whale, (kokuji)

Kun
しゃちほこしゃち
Strokes
19
Radical
fish

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (9)
CodeReference
1-11-8SKIP code
11a8.10The Kanji Dictionary
2131.7Four corner code
9bf1Unicode hex code
1-82-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5306Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6885New Nelson (John Haig)
46286Morohashi
hoKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)

Kun
は.る-は.り-ば.り
On
チョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
403 of 2500
Radical
bow
WaniKani
Level 23

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Used in names as

はりわり

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3h8.1The Kanji Dictionary
1123.2Four corner code
3565deroo
5f35Unicode hex code
1-36-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1570Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1694New Nelson (John Haig)
474New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
573Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
348Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1921Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2071Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
462A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1879Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
681Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9812Morohashi
752A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1106Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1158Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
675sakade
516Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
775henshall3
744Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1185Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
612Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1940Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhang1Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level