A wooden or metal stake driven into the ground, used for marking boundaries, supporting structures, or as a foundation pile.
工事現場に棒杭が何本も打ち込まれていた。
Several stakes had been driven into the ground at the construction site.
境界を示すために棒杭を立てた。
We put up stakes to mark the boundary.
Standard kanji spelling.
Rare variant using 杙, which is not a jōyō kanji.
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Compound of 棒 (bō, 'rod, pole') and 杭 (kui, 'stake, pile'). The reading ぼうぐい is a straightforward combination.