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柏 = 白 + 木

柏 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “oak”. It is built from 白 (white) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 211.

Keyword
oak
RTK frame
211
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハク, ヒャク, ビャク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かしわ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
дуб
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
柏 cypress

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 白 white
  2. 木 tree

How to find 柏 without knowing its reading

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

Open 柏 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.