ほぞ
Meanings
Noun
Architecture
Usually written in kana
1. tenon; cog; dovetail; pivot
Alt. forms
Kanji used
the handle of tools
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
mortice; mortise
foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end
dovetail tenon; dovetailing