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柵 = 木 + 冊

柵 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “palisade”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 冊 (tome). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1968.

Keyword
palisade
RTK frame
1968
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サク, サン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しがら.む, しがらみ, とりで, やらい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
stockade, палисей
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
柵 fence

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 冊 tome

How to find 柵 without knowing its reading

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

Open 柵 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.