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杉 = 木 + 彡
杉 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cedar”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 彡 (bristle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1849.
- Keyword
- cedar
- RTK frame
- 1849
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- すぎ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- кедр
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 杉 various species of pine and fir
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 杉 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “bristle”. 杉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 杉 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.