柵さく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

General term for a fence, railing, or paling used for enclosure or boundary.

archaic

Archaic use for a fortress or stronghold; not used in modern Japanese.

〈場ば所しょ〉に柵さくを立たてるto put up a fence at a place
牧ぼく場じょうの周まわりに柵さくを立たてた。
They put up a fence around the pasture.
柵さくで囲かこむto enclose something with a fence
危き険けんな工こう事じ現げん場ばを柵さくで囲かこんだ。
They enclosed the dangerous construction site with a fence.
柵さくを越こえるto climb over a fence
犬いぬが柵さくを越こえて逃にげてしまった。
The dog jumped over the fence and ran away.
柵さくを壊こわすto break or destroy a fence
台たい風ふうで柵さくが壊こわれてしまった。
The fence was destroyed by the typhoon.

塀へいN3sense 1
塀 is a solid wall or fence often made of concrete or wood, while 柵 is typically a lighter fence or railing with gaps.
垣かき根ねN2sense 1
垣根 is a hedge or living fence made of plants, whereas 柵 is a constructed fence of wood, metal, or wire.
フェンス sense 1
フェンス is a loanword commonly used for wire-mesh or chain-link fencing, while 柵 is the more native, general term for any barrier fence.
埒らち
柵 is the everyday word for a fence or paling, while 埒 in this old sense referred specifically to the fence around a horse-riding ground and is now rarely used.

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ガードレール
柵 is the general word for a fence or barrier, while ガードレール specifically refers to the metal guardrail installed along roads.
垣かき
柵 is a simple, often temporary or functional fence or railing, whereas 垣 tends to be a more permanent or decorative enclosure.
囲かこいN1
柵 specifically means a fence made of stakes, wire, or bars, whereas 囲い can refer to any enclosing barrier, including walls and pens.
バリケード
柵 is a simple fence used to mark or enclose an area, while バリケード is specifically meant to block or obstruct movement, often in protest or conflict.
欄らん干かん
柵 refers to a fence or barrier in general, while 欄干 specifically means a railing along the edge of a bridge, veranda, or similar structure.

策さくN1sense 1
柵 (a fence) and 策 (a plan or measure) are pronounced identically as さく but refer to completely unrelated things.

柵さくUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling for fence, paling, or railing.
さくUsage15%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.

The reading さく is the Sino-Japanese reading of 柵, a character denoting a wooden fence, palisade, or defensive barrier.