also: かしこ
oak flour; acorn flour
Flour made from acorns or oak nuts, primarily used as animal feed. The reading かしご is more common than かしこ.
Oak flour was once used as livestock feed.
In this region, they sometimes knead oak flour to make dumplings.
Standard kanji spelling. 樫 means 'evergreen oak' and 粉 means 'flour'.
Alternate reading; less common than かしご.
Katakana spelling; sometimes used in technical or feed-related contexts.
Katakana spelling for the alternate reading かしこ.
Compound of 樫 (かし, 'evergreen oak') and 粉 (こ, 'flour'). The reading かしご is a rendaku form of かしこ.