| Kanji | 杵 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ショ |
| Kunyomi | きね |
| Nanori | き |
| English | wooden pestle |
| JLPT Level | 0 |
| Jouyou Grade | S+ |
| Frequency | 2355 |
| Components | 木: tree; wood 午: noon; sign of the horse; 11AM-1PM; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Keyword | wooden pestle |
| Koohii Story 1 | "Tree, horse: At cooking school, I learned that there's always a relation between the item you will pestle and the size of the pestle itself. When I read in a cooking book that I had to mash up a horse with a wooden pestle, naturally a tried to obtain a tree to do the job." |
| Koohii Story 2 | "Ah, nothing like using a wooden pestle to mash up some horse meat on a Sunday afternoon." |
Tags: jlpt.n0, grades+, jinmeiyou, kanjifreq2001-2500
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