子は鎹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	鎹
こ Grade: 1	かすがい Hyōgai

Etymology

Literally, “children are a clamp”.

Proverb

子(こ)は鎹(かすがい) • (ko wa kasugai) 

1. children keep a man and wife together

References

• “子は^▲鎹(かすがい)”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026