EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention

    かくかくしかじかで、と事情を説明したのだが、あんまり興味なさそうな相槌しか返ってこなかった。
    I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.
  2. two smiths hammering at an object in turn

    see 向こう鎚

Also written 相づち【あいづち】相鎚【あいづち】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy

Kun
あい-
On
ソウショウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
45 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

おうさがすけ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4a5.3The Kanji Dictionary
4690.0Four corner code
1879deroo
76f8Unicode hex code
1-33-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2241Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3920New Nelson (John Haig)
900New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
609Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
808Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
209Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
222Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
66A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
868Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
97Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23151Morohashi
530A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
146Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
452sakade
759Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
348henshall3
334Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
111crowley
391Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1383Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
213Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang1, xiang4Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hammer, mallet

Kun
つち
On
ツイ
Strokes
13
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2462 of 2500
Radical
tree

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-4-9SKIP code
4a9.27The Kanji Dictionary
4793.7Four corner code
69ccUnicode hex code
1-36-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2308Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2709New Nelson (John Haig)
1331Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
968Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2477Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2543Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2102Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
15318XMorohashi
chui2Pinyin reading
toe, chuKorean reading