釘
nail, tack, peg
Readings
On'yomi
- テイ
- チョウ
Kun'yomi
- くぎ
Meaning
釘 centers on a small metal fastener used to join or hang things: a nail, tack, or peg.
Most common words using 釘
20 of 35- 釘くぎN2
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
- 釘付けくぎづけ
nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)
- 五寸釘ごすんくぎ
long nail; spike
- ねじ釘ねじくぎ
screw; screw spike
- また釘またくぎ
staple
- 出る釘は打たれるでるくぎはうたれる
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished
- 切り釘きりくぎ
brad; double-pointed nail
- 合い釘あいくぎ
double-pointed nail; dowel
- 合せ釘あわせくぎ
dowel; guide dowel
- 合折れ釘あいおれくぎ
L-shaped nail; staple; small clamp
- 大釘おおくぎ
spike; very large nail
- 折れ釘おれくぎ
bent nail; crooked nail
- 掛け釘かけくぎ
peg
- 木釘きくぎ
wooden peg
- 犬釘いぬくぎ
spike; dog nail
- 目釘めくぎ
rivet on a sword hilt
- 竹釘たけくぎ
bamboo nail (spike, peg, etc.)
- 糠に釘ぬかにくぎ
having no effect; waste of effort
- 聖釘せいてい
Holy Nail; relics claimed to be the nails used for Christ's crucifixion
- 蟹目釘かにめくぎ
large half-dome-shaped nail
Study
Etymology
釘 combines 金 (metal) with 丁, which likely contributes the sound and may depict a nail-like shape. The character straightforwardly represents a metal nail or tack.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is metal 金, and the right side 丁 looks like a nail with a flat head and a straight shaft. Picture a metal nail being hammered into wood.
Reading mnemonic
For テイ, imagine a metal tack being hammered into a table: the sound 'tack' cues テイ, and the metal 金 radical reinforces the nail.