筈

筈 U+7B48, 筈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B48 ← 筇 [U+7B47] CJK Unified Ideographs 等 → [U+7B49]

筈 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹十口 (HHJR), four-corner 8860₄, composition ⿱𥫗舌)

• 𨬼

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 882, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25990
• Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2967, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7B48

trad.		筈
simp. #		筈

筈

1. (literary) arrow end; nock

   alt. forms: 栝

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. notch of an arrow, nock
2. "it should be so"^[1]

• Go-on: かち (kachi)^{←くわち (kwati, historical)}
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu)^{←くわつ (kwatu, historical)}
• Kun: やはず (yahazu, 筈)、はず (hazu, 筈)

Kanji in this term
筈
はず Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
弭

For pronunciation and definitions of 筈 – see the following entry.

【はず】 [noun] nock; the grooves that hold a bowstring on a bow, the notch that holds an arrow to the bowstring [noun] (sumo) a nock-shaped grip used in はず押(お)し (hazu oshi) [noun] as things should be; what is expected; that which should be so; must be; bound to be; expected to be [noun] (Okinawa) what may happen; as things could be Alternative spelling 弭

(This term, 筈, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

筈 • (gwal) (hangeul 괄, revised gwal, McCune–Reischauer kwal, Yale kwal)

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