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Kotomora

鞍

saddle

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • アン

Kun'yomi

  • くら

Meaning

鞍 centers on a seat placed on an animal's back for riding: a saddle.

Most common words using 鞍

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  • 鞍くら

    saddle

  • 鞍替えくらがえ

    changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over

  • 鞍馬あんば

    pommel horse; side horse

  • 鞍部あんぶ

    col; saddle between mountains

  • トルコ鞍部腫瘍トルコあんぶしゅよう

    sellar tumour

  • 唐鞍からくら

    Chinese-style ritual saddle

  • 大和鞍やまとぐら

    Japanese-style ritual saddle

  • 荷鞍にぐら

    packsaddle

  • 鞍ずれくらずれ

    saddle sore

  • 鞍上あんじょう

    on top of a saddle

  • 鞍上人なく鞍下馬なしあんじょうひとなくあんかうまなし

    riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one

  • 鞍下くらした

    sirloin (beef); saddle (mutton, lamb)

  • 鞍尻くらじり

    rear part of saddle; cantle

  • 鞍掛海豹くらかけあざらし

    ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata)

  • 鞍掛紋殻くらかけもんがら

    blackbelly triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus)

  • 鞍敷くらしき

    saddlecloth; numnah

  • 鞍橋くらぼね

    saddle tree

  • 鞍馬天狗くらまてんぐ

    Kurama tengu; tengu of Kyoto's Mount Kurama, said to have taught the art of war to Minamoto no Yoshitsune

  • 鞍鼻あんび

    saddle nose

  • 飾り鞍かざりぐら

    decorative saddle

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Etymology

鞍 combines 革 (leather) with 安, which likely contributes the sound and suggests the idea of something that makes riding safe and stable.

Meaning mnemonic

Leather 革 shaped into a seat that brings safety 安 to the rider: a saddle.

Reading mnemonic

For アン, imagine an ant sitting on a tiny leather saddle: ant -> アン, and the ant rides safely.