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櫛 = 木 + 節
櫛 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “comb”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 節 (node). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2542.
- Keyword
- comb
- RTK frame
- 2542
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くし, くしけず.る
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- гребень
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 櫛 comb out
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 櫛 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “node”. 櫛 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 櫛 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.