Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

槻: Zelkova tree

JLPT N115 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 規 is drawn in

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

つきtsuki · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 若槻養護学校わかつきようごがっこうWakatsuki Special Needs School (older name…

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

  • 槻けやきJapanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)

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

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Where it comes from

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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Also read キ

55 kanji share this on'yomiAll 55

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
槻 Zelkova tree · 規
vs親 parent · 立 + 見
槻 has 規 where 親 has 立 + 見.
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · guī

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin guī 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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