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鉤十字 (かぎじゅうじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
swastika ; hooked cross
Specifically refers to the clockwise swastika, especially as a Nazi symbol (Hakenkreuz). Not used for the Buddhist manji (卍).
See also: ハーケンクロイツ
Written forms 鉤かぎ 十じゅう 字じ
Standard kanji spelling; 鉤 means 'hook'.
カギ 十じゅう 字じ
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; the katakana カギ may be used for clarity or emphasis.
かぎ 十じゅう 字じ
Hiragana-kanji spelling; softer than the katakana variant.
カギじゅうじ
建たて
物もの
の
壁かべ
に
鉤かぎ
十じゅう
字じ
が
落らく
書が
き
さ
れ
て
い
た
。
A swastika was graffitied on the wall of that building.
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Similar words 卍まんじ 卍 (manji) is the Buddhist swastika, often left-facing or right-facing, and is a religious symbol unrelated to Nazism. 鉤十字 specifically denotes the Nazi hooked cross.
ハーケンクロイツ ハーケンクロイツ is the German loanword 'Hakenkreuz', used synonymously with 鉤十字 but more explicitly referring to the Nazi symbol.
Etymology Compound of 鉤 (kagi, 'hook') and 十字 (jūji, 'cross'), literally 'hooked cross'. The term is a calque of German Hakenkreuz.
