鉋
carpenter's plane
Readings
On'yomi
- ホウ
- ビョウ
Kun'yomi
- かんな
Meaning
鉋 centers on a carpenter's plane, a tool used to shave and smooth wood surfaces.
Most common words using 鉋
- 鉋かんな
plane (woodworking tool)
- 円鉋まるがんな
round carpenter's plane
- 南京鉋ナンキンかんな
spokeshave; spoke shave
- 反り台鉋そりだいかんな
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
- 台直し鉋だいなおしかんな
plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes
- 四方反鉋しほうそりかんな
wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade
- 槍鉋やりがんな
yariganna; long-handled chisel
- 鉋屑かんなくず
wood shavings
- 鉋掛けかんなかけ
planing (wood)
- 鉋身かんなみ
cutting blade of a plane
Study
Etymology
鉋 combines 金 (metal) with 包, which likely contributes the sound and suggests wrapping or enclosing, perhaps referring to the plane's blade encased in a metal body.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 金 is metal, and the right side 包 looks like a wrapped package. Imagine a metal tool wrapped around a blade that shaves wood smooth: a carpenter's plane.
Reading mnemonic
For ホウ, picture a carpenter using a plane and saying 'hoe!' as he pushes it along the wood: hoe -> ホウ, and the metal blade shaves the surface.