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棚 = 木 + 朋

棚 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shelf”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 朋 (companion). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 214.

Keyword
shelf
RTK frame
214
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たな, -だな
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
полка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
棚 tent

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 朋 companion

How to find 棚 without knowing its reading

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

Open 棚 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.