檜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

Japanese cypress

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • ひのき
Other languages
  • 拼音gui4
  • 拼音hui4
  • 拼音kuai4
  • 한글hoe
  • 한글gwal
  • Hán-ViệtCối

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6A9C

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木會

Words using this kanji

  • ひのきhinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), Japanese cypress
  • 檜葉ひばhinoki leaf, hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata), small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
  • 檜扇ひおうぎひおうぎ 参照formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress, blackberry lily (Belamcanda Chinensis), leopard lily, leopard flower
  • 檜林ひのきばやしcypress woodland
  • 檜舞台ひのきぶたいstage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.), the limelight, the big stage, the big time
  • 檜皮色ひわだいろdusky-red, color of cypress bark
  • 檜風呂ひのきぶろJapanese cypress wood bathtub, hinoki tub
  • 檜扇菖蒲ひおうぎあやめArctic iris (Iris setosa)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-13
Four Corner
4893.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a13.8
Heisig
2969
Nelson
2388