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棒 = 木 + 奉

棒 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rod”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 奉 (dedicate). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1697.

Keyword
rod
RTK frame
1697
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стержень
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
棒 stick

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 奉 dedicate

How to find 棒 without knowing its reading

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

Open 棒 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.