たすき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たすき – see the following entry.

【襷】H [noun] cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese clothing. [noun] cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese children's clothing [noun] a sash worn diagonally across the body [noun] (archaic, Shinto) a shoulder-tied cord, to mark one's purification to serve the gods [noun] the kanji component 丿 in characters such as 戈 [noun] (historical) Synonym of 戈旁 (hoko-zukuri, “the kanji radical 戈”) Alternative spellings 𧜎, 手繦

(This term, たすき (tasuki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as たすき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たすき.)