じく (jiku)

axis, stem, shaft, axle

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 2
  • #3387 most frequent

Meaning

(じく, jiku) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “axis, stem, shaft, axle”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

この せんじくにして けい回転かいてんしてください。

Take this line as the axis and rotate the figure.

巻4軸。

In four hanging scrolls.

車輪しゃりん車軸しゃじく回転かいてんする。

Wheels turn on axles.

揉紙(包み紙)で包み、軸箱に納める。

7. Wrap it with 'momigami' (a piece of paper soften by crumpling) and put it in a 'jiku bako' (a box for kakejiku).