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楠: camphor tree

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

木 carries the meaning · 南 is drawn in

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

くすのきkusunoki · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 楠くすのきcamphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

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

  • 石楠花しゃくなげrhododendron
  • 黄花石楠花きばなしゃくなげKibana rhododendron (Rhododendron…

Also read ナン, ダン, ゼン, ネン, くす, 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
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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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南

Also built on south (南)

Also read ナン

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ダン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ゼン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ネン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
楠 camphor tree · 木
vs献 offering · 犬
楠 has 木 where 献 has 犬.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nán

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

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

Pinyin nán 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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