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梧: Chinese parasol tree, phoenix tree

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

木 carries the meaning · 吾 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ゴgo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 抵梧ていごdisagreement; conflict; clash
  • 蒼梧そうごChinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 梧桐あおぎりChinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)

Also read あおぎり, 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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吾

Also built on 吾

Also read ゴ

20 kanji share this on'yomiAll 20

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
梧 Chinese parasol tree · 木
vs悟 enlightenment · 忄
梧 has 木 where 悟 has 忄.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wú

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

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

Pinyin wú 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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