鞘
Parts that make up 鞘
How 鞘 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 鞘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 革, 肖.
Japanese words with 鞘
- 鞘さや scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.)
- 朱鞘しゅざや red-lacquered sword sheath
- 腱鞘けんしょう sheath of tendon
- 値鞘ねざや margin; spread (in prices)
- 海鞘ほや sea squirt; ascidian
- 鮫鞘さめざや sharkskin scabbard
- 鞘長さやなが spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
- 髄鞘ずいしょう myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
- 翅鞘ししょう elytron
- 鞘尻さやじり tip of a scabbard
- 鞘堂さやどう outer roofed structure for protecting cultural assets and historic sites
- 葉鞘ようしょう leaf sheath; vagina
Characters sharing the phonetic 肖
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “초”
Other hanja with radical 革
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