Kanji

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: mortar, grind

Kunyomi: ひ.く う.す

Onyomi: テン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: stone

Examples

Onyomi Examples

テンガイ water-powered millstone

挽き茶 ヒキチャ powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)

Kunyomi Examples

挽く ひく to saw, to grind (e.g. coffee beans), to mill