杮こけら

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Meanings

wood chips; chopped wood

Refers to small pieces of wood produced by chopping, planing, or carving. Often used in contexts like construction waste or kindling.

大だい工くさんが杮こけらを掃そう除じしている。
The carpenter is cleaning up the wood chips.

noun

thin shingles

abbreviation

Abbreviation of こけら板 (kokeraita). Refers to thin wooden shingles used in traditional roofing. This sense is primarily encountered in the compound 杮葺き (kokera-buki, shingle roofing) or in historical/architectural contexts.

Kanji

杮wood shavings
柿persimmon
木tree, wood
屑rubbish, junk, trash

Related words

こけら板いた
The full term for thin shingles; 杮 is its abbreviation.
おがくず
Sawdust, a finer byproduct of sawing wood, distinct from the larger chips or shavings implied by 杮.

Written forms

杮こけら
Primary kanji form for this word. Note: 杮 (kokera) is distinct from 柿 (kaki, persimmon); the right side is 市 with a vertical stroke through it, not 巾.
柿こけらUsage100%
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; normally read かき (persimmon). Included for search compatibility only.
𣏕こけら
rarely-used kanji form
Rare variant kanji form.
木屑こけら
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; literally 'wood scraps'.

Etymology

An old Japanese word for wood shavings or thin wooden pieces. The character 杮 already denoted wood shavings in Chinese and is distinct from the similar-looking 柿, “persimmon.”