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楓 = 木 + 風

楓 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “maple tree”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 風 (wind). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2538.

Keyword
maple tree
RTK frame
2538
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
フウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かえで
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
maple, кленовое дерево
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
楓 maple tree

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 風 wind

How to find 楓 without knowing its reading

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

Open 楓 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.