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桟

桟 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「棧」の略体。「棧」については棧#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サンJHS
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • かけはし
Nanori (used in names)
  • さ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhan4
  • 한글jan
  • Hán-ViệtSan

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+685F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木㦮

Words using this kanji

  • 桟橋さんばし（さんきょう、さんばし）渓谷に高く架けた橋。 （さんばし）船舶に搭乗、積載のために岸から船舶に架ける設備。wharf, bridge, jetty, pier
  • 桟敷さじき祭礼の列などを見物するため、一段高く仮設された観覧席。 劇場や興行などで土間より高く設置された板敷の観客席。dress circle (of a theatre), (first) balcony, box, stands (seating for spectators)
  • 桟さんframe (i.e. of a sliding door), crosspiece, bar, sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
  • 桟えつりsheathing (under thatched roofing), lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall), decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)
  • 桟道さんどう山中の崖の中腹に木材などで棚のように張り出す形でつくられた道。plank path (on a steep mountainside, cliff face, etc.), walkway
  • 桟俵さんだわらstraw lid covering either end of a rice container
  • 桟竹えつりだけsheathing (under thatched roofing), decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)
  • 桟戸さんど桟やすじかいを施し丈夫にした戸板。batten door, battened door, ledged door, strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side
  • 桟瓦さんがわらpantile
  • 桟唐戸さんからどpanelled wooden door
  • 桟留縞さんとめじまstriped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan
  • 桟を打ち付けるさんをうちつけるto nail a crosspiece (to)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-6
Four Corner
4395.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a6.1
Heisig
393
Nelson
2252