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drumstick

HSK 10
フ、ホウ
ほ、ばち、もみじ、ならのき
부, 포
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[fū]
Quercus glandulifera
Japanese
なら 同音
noun usually kana oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
(rare) ばち バチ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick (esp. 撥)
  2. usually kana drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater (esp. 桴, 枹)
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