つえ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つえ – see the following entries.

【杖】J [noun] staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand [noun] something one leans on, a support [noun] a cane used for corporal punishment [noun] a particularly shaped stirring stick used to make New Year's porridge [noun] the stem of a pear [noun] (historical) a traditional unit of length [noun] (historical) approximately 3 meters [noun] (historical) seven 尺 (shaku, traditional Japanese foot) and five 寸 (sun, traditional Japanese inch), or approximately 2.3 meters [noun] (historical) a traditional unit of area [noun] (historical) one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m² Alternative spellings 筇, 丈, 仗

(This term, つえ (tsue), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as つえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つえ.)

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