薙 means 'mow down'

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Strokes : 16 Frequency: 2316 Usefulness: 6 Study set: 6-4 Grade: 9 Intermediate lesson: - Beginner lesson: - Begins 6 words Used in 12 words Used in 69 names Not used as a component

Jinmeiyō (人名用)

Common readings

Kun

なぐ to mow down, to knock down, to scythe

Additional readings

On テイチ

Kun なぎかる

Components

⿱ 艹 (艸) grass ⿰ 矢 arrow 隹 little bird

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薙 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.

Across all words in Japanese, 薙 is used 9 times, read 2 ways.

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noun

Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword (see also: 天叢雲剣)

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薙

ぐ

'gu' godan verb, transitive verb

to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

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An additional な.ぐ less common words include 薙 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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