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梢 = 肖 + 木

梢 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “treetops”. It is built from 肖 (resemblance) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 213.

Keyword
treetops
RTK frame
213
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こずえ, くすのき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
верхушки деревьев
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
梢 pointed tip of something long like a branch

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 肖 resemblance
  2. 木 tree

How to find 梢 without knowing its reading

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

Open 梢 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.