Entry
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    main force; brute force; strong-arm

    禁酒法のしかれていた時代に、酒類密輸入の悪どい商売を腕ずくで自分の支配下におくために、てき屋たちは、おたがいに殺しあっていた。
    During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.

Also written 腕尽く【うでずく】腕づく【うでづく】腕尽【うでずく】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

arm, ability, talent

Kun
うで
On
ワン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1163 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 24

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4b8.6The Kanji Dictionary
7321.2Four corner code
3956deroo
8155Unicode hex code
1-47-51JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3786Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4837New Nelson (John Haig)
1006New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1269Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
687Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
919Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1418Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1522Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1114A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1180Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29631Morohashi
1945A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1299Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1376Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
850Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1550Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1342Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1038Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1430Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wan4Pinyin reading
wanKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level