Kanji details for

 
Common kanji
Uses 16 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)

Search words that:
- start with 薙
- end with 薙
- contain 薙
mow down (the enemy)
KUN:
  • な.ぐ
    na.gu
  • なぎ
    nagi
  • か.る
    ka.ru
ON:
  • テイ
    tei
  • chi
Written with 16 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Radicals:
Example words(showing 10 results)

noun
streaked shearwater (species of seabird, Calonectris leucomelas)(usually kana)
Other readings:
おおみずなぎどり《大水凪鳥》
オオミズナギドリ

noun
medium, diviner, shaman, oracle(巫 is esp. female and 覡 male)
All readings:
【かんなぎ】
【かんなぎ】
神なぎ【かんなぎ】[1]
神和ぎ【かんなぎ】[1]
神薙ぎ【かんなぎ】[1]
神凪【かんなぎ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia), grass-mowing sword
See also:天叢雲剣
Other readings:
草薙剣【くさなぎのつるぎ】

Godan-su verb, transitive verb
to mow down, to beat, to cut a swath, to sweep off one's feet
All readings:
なぎ倒す【なぎたおす】
薙ぎ倒す【なぎたおす】

noun
1.
naginata, polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive)
2.
naginata, martial art of wielding the naginata(usually kana)
Other readings:
長刀【なぎなた】
薙鉈【なぎなた】
眉尖刀【なぎなた】

noun
art of using a naginata (glaive)
Other readings:
長刀術【なぎなたじゅつ】

Godan-u verb, transitive verb
to mow down
Other readings:
なぎ払う【なぎはらう】

Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
to mow down, to scythe down, to knock someone off their feet

noun
petrel (esp. petrels of family Procellariidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
みずなぎどり《水凪鳥》
ミズナギドリ

noun
sweeping sideways, mowing down
Other readings:
横なぎ【よこなぎ】