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樹 = 木 + 壴 + 寸

樹 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “timber-trees”. It is built from 木 (tree), 壴 (drum) and 寸 (measurement). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1554.

Keyword
timber-trees
RTK frame
1554
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
き
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
timber, древесина
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
樹 tree

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 壴 drum
  3. 寸 measurement

How to find 樹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “drum” + “measurement”. 樹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 樹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.