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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

楓: maple

JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 風 is drawn in

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

フウfuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 松楓しょうふうmaple
  • 楓林ふうりんmaple grove

かえでkaede · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 楓かえでmaple (Acer spp.); maple tree

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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風

Also built on wind (風)

All 2

Also read フウ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
楓 maple · 木
vs嵐 storm · 山
楓 has 木 where 嵐 has 山.
In ChineseSimplified 枫 · traditional, as in Japanese · fēng

Japan keeps the traditional form 楓; mainland China simplifies it to 枫.

Simplified
枫 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
楓 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fēng 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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