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杭 = 亢 + 木
杭 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “picket”. It is built from 亢 (whirlwind) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2547.
- Keyword
- picket
- RTK frame
- 2547
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- stake, пикет
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 杭 cross stream
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 杭 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “whirlwind” + “tree”. 杭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 杭 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.