Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

栓: plug, bolt

Also: cork, bung, stopper

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 全 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

センsen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 栓せんstopper; cork; plug
  • 栓抜きせんぬきbottle opener; corkscrew
  • 血栓けっせんthrombus; blood clot
  • 脳血栓のうけっせんcerebral thrombosis

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
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shuān

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

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

Pinyin shuān 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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