Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

槙: twig, ornamental evergreen

JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 真 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

まきmaki · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 槙まきyew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
  • 犬槙いぬまきyew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

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

  • 槙肌まいはだcaulking; calking; oakum

Also read テン, シン, こずえ, 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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真

Also built on true (真)

Also read テン

12 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
槙 twig · 木
vs慎 humility · 忄
槙 has 木 where 慎 has 忄.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · diān

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin diān 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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