Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

柄: design, pattern

Also: build, nature, character, handle, crank, grip, knob, shaft

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 丙 gives the sound

9 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

がらgara · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 柄がらpattern; design
  • 銘柄めいがらbrand; make; description
  • 人柄ひとがら
  • 身柄みがらone's person
  • 小柄こがらsmall build; small stature; petite
  • 事柄ことがらmatter; thing; affair
  • 図柄ずがらdesign; pattern

えe · kun'yomi

  • 取り柄とりえworth; merit; value

Also read ヘイ, つか, with no example words in our sources. 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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丙

Also built on third class (丙)

柄 takes the 丙 family's reading, ヘイ (hei).

Also read ヘイ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
柄 design · 木 + 丙
vs茶 tea · 艹 + 余
柄 has 木 + 丙 where 茶 has 艹 + 余.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bǐng

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

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

Pinyin bǐng 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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