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錨
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
锚
🇨🇳

anchor

HSK 10
Human →Body
máo
ビョウ、ミョウ
いかり
묘
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 苗 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (錨)
釒 kangxi+ 苗 seedling =
錨 anchor
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
釒 is a component form of 金.
苗 Phonetic component
miáo seedling
sprouts
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Simplified (锚)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 苗 seedling =
锚 anchor
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
钅 is a component form of 金.
苗 Phonetic component
miáo seedling
sprouts
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Chinese
锚 / 錨 [máo]
anchor
Japanese
錨 、 碇 いかり 同音
noun anchor
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
そのボートは岸辺に碇を降ろした。
The boat anchored near the shore.
Japanese Names
錨 いかり
Ikari surname
錨 いがり
Igari surname
CHINESE WORDS (7)
抛锚 [pāo​máo] #12,443
to drop anchor
起锚 [qǐ​máo] #27,446
to weigh anchor
锚链 [máo​liàn] #54,325
anchor chain
下锚 [xià​máo]
to drop anchor
抛下锚 [pāo​xià​máo]
to drop anchor
拔锚 [bá​máo]
to weigh anchor
锚链孔 [máo​liàn​kǒng]
hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
⭐ 錨 [いかり] #37,521
anchor
投錨 [とうびょう] #93,695
anchoring
抜錨 [ばつびょう] #101,185
weighing anchor
錨泊 [びょうはく] #120,598
anchorage
予備錨 [よびいかり] #189,847
spare anchor
碇綱 [いかりづな] #195,430
anchor cable
錨地 [びょうち] #203,930
(point of) anchorage
碇草 [イカリソウ] #246,368
horny goat weed (Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum)
いかり氷 [いかりこおり]
anchor ice
揚錨 [ようびょう]
raising the anchor
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