Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: notch of an arrow, ought, must, should be, expected

Kunyomi: はず やはず

Onyomi: カツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: bamboo

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

はず should (be), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be), nock (of a bow), nock (of an arrow), nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger), wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

はずお hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast

その そのはず only natural, no wonder, as expected, of course, as it should be

ゆみはず nock (of a bow)