梓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 落葉喬木の一つ。高さ三丈に達する。樹皮灰白にして一種の臭気を有する。中国で百木の長とする。よぐそみねばり。
  2. 文書を彫る板。書物を印刷する版木。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

catalpa tree, woodblock printing

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • あずさ
Other languages
  • 拼音zi3
  • 한글jae
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtTử

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6893

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木辛

Words using this kanji

  • あずさ特定の樹木の名。Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa), yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata), Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus)
  • 梓弓あずさゆみcatalpa bow, spirit bow
  • 梓宮しきゅう君主の遺骸を納めるための棺。Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood)
  • 梓匠ししょうcabinetmaker, woodworker
  • 梓巫女あずさみこfemale medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow
  • 梓に上せるしにのぼせるto bring (a book) into the world, to publish

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-7
Four Corner
4094.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a7.5
Heisig
1614
Nelson
2268