Entry
  1. Noun

    blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to someone else's fight

    喧嘩のそば杖を食った。
    I got involved in other people's quarrel.

Also written 傍杖【そばづえ】そば杖【そばづえ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

side, lean, oppose, regret

Kun
かわがわそば
On
ソク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
216 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-9SKIP code
2a9.4The Kanji Dictionary
2220.0Four corner code
2143deroo
5074Unicode hex code
1-34-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
509Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
275New Nelson (John Haig)
137New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
155Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
975Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1049Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
538Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
897Morohashi
535A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
609Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
619Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
667sakade
330Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
562henshall3
571Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
280crowley
809Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
119Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
984Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ce4, ze4Pinyin reading
cheugKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

staff, cane

Kun
つえ
On
ジョウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2387 of 2500
Radical
tree

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
4a3.5The Kanji Dictionary
4590.0Four corner code
6756Unicode hex code
1-30-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2183Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2555New Nelson (John Haig)
1026Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
736Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2504Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2566Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
422Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
14469Morohashi
zhang4Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading