| 987 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 975 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1424 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2302 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1121 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 636 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1623 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1543 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1645 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 988 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1105 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1237 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 671 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1589 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14929 | Morohashi |
| 983 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2750 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1575 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1697 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 956 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
- On:
- ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1455 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棒 【ボウ】 pole, rod, stick, baton, line, dash, spoken monotonously
- 棒状 【ボウジョウ】 cylinder or rod-shaped
- 用心棒 【ヨウジンボウ】 bodyguard, bouncer, (security) guard, bar (on a door), bolt, stick or pole used for self-defence
- 指揮棒 【シキボウ】 conductor's stick, conductor's baton
Readings
- Korean:
- bong, bang
Spanish
- barra
- vara
- bastón
- palo
- sin variación
- invariable
Portuguese
- vara
- pau
- poste
- bastão
- ramo
French
- bâton
- baguette
- canne
- barre
- perche
- massue
- ligne
| 1855 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4595.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68d2 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鱈 【たら】 gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
- たら子 【たらこ】 cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
- 大西洋鱈 【たいせいようたら】 Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
- チーズ鱈 【チーズたら】 cheese tara, stick of cheese sandwiched between two thin strips of dried fish paste
Readings
- Korean:
- seol
Spanish
- bacalao
Portuguese
French
| 5328 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 46470X | Morohashi |
| 6916 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2819 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2834 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 11a11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-11 | SKIP code |
| 2137.4 | Four corner code |
| 2137.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9c48 | Unicode hex code |