"舵" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. rudder, tiller, helm Tags: Jinmeiyō, kanji

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ʑi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かじ)), kaji [romanization], kadi [romanization], かぢ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /kadi/ → /kad͡ʑi/ From Old Japanese. This originally referred to a single oar-like device attached to the back of a small boat and swept from side to side to propel the boat forward. This was also used for steering, and over time, the “single back oar” sense was largely superseded by the “steering device” sense. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|かじ|hhira=かぢ}} 舵(かじ) • (kaji) ^(←かぢ (kadi)?)
  1. (nautical) the rudder of a boat or ship Categories (topical): Ship parts Synonyms (rudder): 舵板 (kajiban) (ruby: (かじ), (ばん)) (english: rudder board) [literally]
    Sense id: en-舵-ja-noun-2d9XBtXB Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'rudder': 52 35 1 13
  2. (nautical, aeronautics) the helm, tiller, or wheel of a boat or ship, or of an aircraft Categories (topical): Aeronautics, Ship parts
  3. (figurative) a position of leadership or control Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-舵-ja-noun-lx6Fk0VS
  4. (nautical) a single oar-like device attached to the back of a small boat and swept from side to side to propel the boat forward Categories (topical): Ship parts
    Sense id: en-舵-ja-noun-2oUO7fQv Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 23 6 7 4 16 2 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 4 4 3 16 2 49 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 5 27 1 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 5 22 1 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 5 22 1 60 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 5 18 1 52 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 舵取り (kajitori) (ruby: (かじ), ()) (english: steering, leadership), 舵板 (kajiban) (ruby: (かじ), (ばん)) (english: the rudder, the rudder board or blade)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for 舵 meaning in Japanese (4.6kB)

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