漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
梗: for the most part, close up
Also: flower stem
N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 更 is drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 梗塞こうそくstoppage; blocking
- 脳梗塞のうこうそくcerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
- 心筋梗塞しんきんこうそくheart attack; myocardial infarction
Also read キョウ, ふさぐ, やまにれ, おおむね, 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
更
Also built on grow late (更)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side梗 for the most part · 木
vs便 convenience · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gěng
Same form: 梗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 梗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 梗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gěng 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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