Entry
  1. Noun

    boiled pine pitch and oil (traditionally used as a glue in archery, etc.)

Also written 薬練【くすね】天鼠子【くすね】天鼠矢【くすね】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

Kun
くすり
On
ヤク
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
702 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 17

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.15The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
85acUnicode hex code
1-44-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4074Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5224New Nelson (John Haig)
2375New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3011Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1736Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2568Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
323Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32188PXMorohashi
398A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
359Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521sakade
247Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
420henshall3
439Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
315Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
672Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1752Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4Pinyin reading
yagKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

refine metals, kneading over fire

Kun
ね.る
On
レン
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
fire

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-4-8, 1-4-9SKIP code
4d9.2The Kanji Dictionary
9589.6Four corner code
7149Unicode hex code
1-46-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2783Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3428New Nelson (John Haig)
1023New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1297Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
939Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2542Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2601Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19178XMorohashi
lian4Pinyin reading
ryeonKorean reading