Paddle

"Paddle" in Japanese

かい

kai

(two-handed, single-bladed oar)

しゃもじ

shamoji

(kitchen utensil)

パドル

padoru

(double-bladed oar used for kayaking)

ラケット

raketto

(equivalent of a racquet in ping-pong)

受け板

ukeita

(blade of a waterwheel)

外輪

gairin

(paddlewheel)

tobira

(in a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water)

杓文字

out of Jōyō Kanji

(kitchen utensil)

kai

(two-handed, single-bladed oar)

水掻き

mizukaki

(flat limb of aquatic animal)

羽根板

hane-ita

(slat of a paddleboat's wheel)

羽根板

haneita

(blade of a waterwheel)

叩く

tataku

(to spank with a paddle)

漕ぐ

kogu

(to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.