Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'gu' ending

    to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone; to sharpen one's fangs

Also written 牙をとぐ【きばをとぐ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)

Kun
きば
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2067 of 2500
Radical
fang
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
4-4-1, 3-3-1SKIP code
0a4.28The Kanji Dictionary
1024.0, 7124.0Four corner code
7259Unicode hex code
1-18-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2848Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3531New Nelson (John Haig)
3435New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4243Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2891Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1904Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2053Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19909Morohashi
1548Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1923Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ya2Pinyin reading
aKorean reading
36WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

polish, study of, sharpen

Kun
と.ぐ
On
ケン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
336 of 2500
Radical
stone
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

のり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-4SKIP code
5a4.1The Kanji Dictionary
1164.0Four corner code
3355deroo
7814Unicode hex code
1-24-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3180Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3991New Nelson (John Haig)
1132New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1456Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
771Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1046Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
675Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
729Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
875Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
583Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24080Morohashi
272A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
896Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
918Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204sakade
231Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
290henshall3
325Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
284crowley
297Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1398Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
682Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2, yan4Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level