Components

矩 means 'carpenter's square'

Animation / stroke order not available.
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1963   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-2    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 11 words   Used in 251 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   かね carpenter's square
On   
Kun    かねざし   さしがね
Name    のり   つね   ただし
⿰   arrow   huge  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
LOG IN to view your flashcards
矩 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 矩 is used 11 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Showing:
ク : 7 words FIND ALL
1 2
noun
rule; standard; compass and ruler
(click the word for examples and links)
かね : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
1. carpenter's square  (see also: 矩尺; archaic)
2. perpendicularity; straightness
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning, examples and links)
かね (read as がね) : 1 word FIND ALL
0
Most common form: 指金
noun
1. carpenter's square
2. instigation; suggestion
(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
An additional かね less common words include 矩 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

Cascading kanji view

かね carpenter's square   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
キョ    huge   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
side open box
シ   や arrow   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×