Entry
  1. Noun

    scabbard; sheath

    凝った彫刻のしてある鞘に収まった長剣。
    A longsword sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.
  2. cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; sleeve

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. margin (between two prices); spread; markup; commission

    BusinessUsually written using kana alonesee サヤ取り

  4. enclosure; outer fence

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)

Kun
さや
On
ショウ、ソウ
Strokes
16
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
leather

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Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-9-7SKIP code
4b12.8The Kanji Dictionary
4952.7Four corner code
9798Unicode hex code
1-30-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5099Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6587New Nelson (John Haig)
2259Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2784Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2805Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2542Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
42850XMorohashi
qiao4, shao1Pinyin reading
choKorean reading