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樵 = 木 + 焦

樵 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mallet”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 焦 (char). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2544.

Keyword
mallet
RTK frame
2544
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きこ.る, こ.る, きこり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
woodcutting, молоток
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
樵 woodcutter

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 焦 char

How to find 樵 without knowing its reading

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

Open 樵 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.