Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

2387 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: staff, cane

Kunyomi: つえ

Onyomi: ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジョウ public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

ジョウコ janggu (Korean hourglass drum), janggo, changgo

金剛 コンゴウヅエ pilgrim's staff

シュジョウ staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

Kunyomi Examples

つえ cane, walking stick, staff, wand

つえじょう staff-shaped

魔法の まほうのつえ magic wand

転ばぬ先の ころばぬさきのつえ prevention is better than cure, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, look before you leap, forewarned is forearmed, a stitch in time saves nine, a walking stick before stumbling