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サオ
Meanings
Noun
1. rod; pole
2. neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen
esp. 棹
3. beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
4. single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
5. penis
Counter
6. counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
Alt. forms
竿
さお
77%
棹
さお
9%
さお
8%
サオ
4%
Pitch accent
サ
オ
Used in: 65
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
サオ
シマイ
women who have had sex with the same man;
(lit.)
pole sisters
カラ
サオ
flail (for threshing grain)
サオ
モノ
saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)