たすき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たすき – see the following entry.
【襷】H
[noun] cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese clothing.
[noun] cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese children's clothing
[noun] a sash worn diagonally across the body
[noun] (archaic, Shinto) a shoulder-tied cord, to mark one's purification to serve the gods
[noun] the kanji component 丿 in characters such as 戈
[noun] (historical) synonym of 戈旁 (hoko-zukuri, “the kanji radical 戈”)
Alternative spellings
𧜎, 手繦
(This term, たすき (tasuki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as たすき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たすき.)
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