kugi　釘

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

A nail made of metal, wood or bamboo and shaped according to use. Traditionally, metal kugi are square, kakukugi 角釘. However there are a great variety of other kugi: flat nails hirakugi 平釘; double pointed bent nails *aiorekugi 合折釘; double pointed nails *aikugi 合釘; twice bent end *nijuu orekugi 二重折釘, a thrice bent nails *inazuma orekugi 稲妻折釘; and a bag hanging nails *fukurokakekugi 袋掛釘.

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*jikukakekugi 軸掛釘, *noshigata-no-kugi 熨斗形の釘, *kaiorekugi 貝折釘, *yanagikugi 柳釘, *wakugi 和釘, *orekugi 折釘, *fukurokakekugi 袋掛釘, *takekugi 竹釘, *hanakugi 花釘

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