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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

枕: pillow

N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 冘 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

まくらmakura · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 枕まくらpillow; bolster
  • 枕詞まくらことばpillow word
  • 仮枕かりまくらnap

Also read チン, シン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“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.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

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冘

Also built on 冘

Also read チン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
枕 pillow · 冘
vs栄 flourish · 𤇾
枕 has 冘 where 栄 has 𤇾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhěn

Same form: 枕 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
枕 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
枕 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhěn 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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