犬釘

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

References

• 犬釘 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja