Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

枠: frame, framework

Also: spindle, spool, bounding-box

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 卆 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

わくwaku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 枠わくframe; framework
  • 枠内わくないwithin the limits (framework, boundaries…
  • 枠外わくがい(beyond the) limits; scope; boundary
  • 枠組みわくぐみframe (physical structure); framework
  • 型枠かたわくformwork; shuttering; mold

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
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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卆

Also built on 卆

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
枠 frame · 卆
vs枝 bough · 支
枠 has 卆 where 枝 has 支.
In ChineseMade in Japan, no Chinese counterpart

枠 is a kokuji, a kanji created in Japan. Chinese has no standard counterpart.

Unihan lists the reading huà for it.

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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