犬釘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犬 釘
いぬ
Grade: 1 		くぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

犬 (inu, “dog”) +‎ 釘 (kugi, “nail”), calque of English dogspike

Noun

犬(いぬ)釘(くぎ) • (inukugi) 

  1. rail spike

Further reading

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