差し金

さしがねsashigane

noun

  1. carpenter's square
  2. instigation
  3. suggestion
  4. manipulation
  5. (someone's) doing
  6. metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end
  7. rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences