鞍
saddle
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
20 of 21- 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
Study
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.