Entry
  1. Noun

    carpenter's square

    also written as 指矩see 曲尺

  2. instigation; suggestion; manipulation; (someone's) doing

  3. metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end

    Kabuki

  4. rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

Also written 差金【さしがね】指金【さしがね】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance

Kun
さ.すさ.し
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
449 of 2500
Radical
work
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-7-3, 2-2-8, 2-3-7, 2-6-4SKIP code
2o8.4The Kanji Dictionary
8021.1Four corner code
972deroo
5deeUnicode hex code
1-26-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3662Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1537New Nelson (John Haig)
3311New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4104Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2082Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2821Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
593Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
614A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1164Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
662Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8732Morohashi
482A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
658Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
669Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399sakade
492Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
508henshall3
544Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
674Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
553Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
560Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chai1, cha1, cha4, ci1Pinyin reading
cha, chiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

gold

Kun
かねかな--がね
On
キンコンゴン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
53 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

かんきむこの

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-6SKIP code
8a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8010.9Four corner code
2872deroo
91d1Unicode hex code
1-22-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4815Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6211New Nelson (John Haig)
2057New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2552Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1302Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1771Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
269Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
287Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
59A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
664Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
18Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40152Morohashi
14A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
23Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
23Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16sakade
94Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
18henshall3
72Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
79crowley
21Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1808Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
275Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin1Pinyin reading
gim, geumKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level