Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

棚: shelf, ledge

Also: rack, mount, mantle, trellis

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 朋 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

たなtana · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 棚たなshelf; ledge; rack
  • 棚上げたなあげshelving (a matter, plan, etc.)

-だな-dana · kun'yomi

  • 本棚ほんだなbookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
  • 戸棚とだな
  • 書棚しょだなbookshelf
  • 神棚かみだなkamidana; household shrine; home shrine

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

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“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
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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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朋

Also built on companion (朋)

棚 takes the 朋 family's reading, ホウ (hou).

Also read ホウ

33 kanji share this on'yomiAll 33

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
棚 shelf · 木
vs崩 crumble · 山
棚 has 木 where 崩 has 山.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · péng

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

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

Pinyin péng 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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