also: れんか · からさお
A traditional farming tool consisting of a long handle and a swinging stick, used to beat grain to separate seeds from husks. Now mostly historical or seen in museums.
In old farmhouses, they threshed wheat using a flail.
A flail is on display at the museum.
Standard kanji spelling for the flail tool; 殻 (husk) + 竿 (pole) is transparent.
Alternate kanji; also read れんか. 連枷 is the more common form for the れんか reading.
Rare variant using 唐 (Tang/foreign) + 竿 (pole).
Rare variant; 棹 is an alternative character for pole.
Rare variant for the れんか reading.
Alternate pronunciation variant; less common than からざお.
Sino-Japanese reading; mainly used in historical or technical contexts.
Compound of 殻 (kara, 'husk') + 竿 (sao, 'pole'). The reading からざお is the native Japanese reading; れんか is the Sino-Japanese reading of 連枷/連架.