noun
Refers to a ship's anchor. Also used metaphorically for something that provides stability.
船は港で錨を下ろした。
The ship dropped anchor in the harbor.
Standard kanji spelling for 'anchor'.
Variant kanji form; less common than 錨.
The kanji 錨 is a phono-semantic compound with 金 (metal) and 苗 (seedling), but the exact historical derivation is uncertain. The word いかり is a native Japanese term.