漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
杉: cedar, cryptomeria
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 彡 gives the sound
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
すぎsugi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 杉すぎJapanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
- 杉林すぎばやしcryptomeria forest
- 杉戸すぎどdoor made of cedar
Also read サン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shān
Same form: 杉 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 杉 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 杉 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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