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植 = 木 + 直
植 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “plant”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 直 (straightaway). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 217.
- Keyword
- plant
- RTK frame
- 217
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- う.える, う.わる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- растение
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 植 plant
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 植 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “straightaway”. 植 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 植 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.