Kanji

棒

棒

rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

木部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ボウ

Common Readings

ボウ

Example sentences

棒 ぼう
犬 が 棒 で 遊んでいる 。

The dog is playing with a stick.

振り回す ふりまわす
そんなに 棒 を 振り回す と 危ない です よ 。

It is dangerous to swing a stick around like that.

相棒 あいぼう
彼 は 私 の 最高 の 相棒 だ 。

He is my best partner.

泥棒 どろぼう
昨夜 、 近所 の 家 に 泥棒 が 入った らしい 。

Apparently, a thief broke into a neighbor's house last night.

警察 けいさつ
泥棒 を 捕まえる ために 警察 を 呼んだ 。

I called the police to catch the thief.

棒読み ぼうよみ
彼 は 台本 を 棒読み している よう だった 。

He seemed to be reading the script in a monotone.

鉄棒 てつぼう
公園 の 鉄棒 で 逆上がり の 練習 を した 。

I practiced backflips on the horizontal bar in the park.

Example Vocabulary

棒

ぼう

stick; pole; rod; line

相棒

あいぼう

partner; buddy; sidekick; accomplice

泥棒

どろぼう

thief; burglar; stealing

肉棒

にくぼう

棍棒

こんぼう

棒立ち

ぼうだち

棒読み

ぼうよみ

monotone reading; reading without expression

用心棒

ようじんぼう

棒状

ぼうじょう

鉄棒

てつぼう

iron bar; horizontal bar (gymnastics)

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