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柴 = 木 + 此
柴 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “brushwood”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 此 (this here). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2202.
- Keyword
- brushwood
- RTK frame
- 2202
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サイ, シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- しば
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- brush, кистевое дерево
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 柴 firewood
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 柴 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “this here”. 柴 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 柴 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.