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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

梢: treetops, twig

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 肖 is drawn in

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 末梢まっしょうtip of a twig
  • 黄梢こうしょうspring of yellow buds

こずえkozue · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 梢こずえtreetop; tip of a branch

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

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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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肖

Also built on resemblance (肖)

Also read ショウ

90 kanji share this on'yomiAll 90

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
梢 treetops · 木
vs宵 wee hours · 宀
梢 has 木 where 宵 has 宀.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shāo

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

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

Pinyin shāo 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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