束

たば· also そく、つか

bundle; bunch; sheaf; lattice

JLPT N3 Common word Also written 把

Meanings

  1. Noun, Noun, suffix, Counter

    bundle; bunch; sheaf
  2. Noun, Noun, suffix

    lattice
  3. Noun, Noun, suffix, Counter

    counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish)
  4. handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
  5. Noun

    strut; short vertical post
All 6 meanings
  1. thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.)
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
  1. handbreadth; bundleArchaic

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