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柊 = 冬 + 木

柊 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “holly”. It is built from 冬 (winter) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2548.

Keyword
holly
RTK frame
2548
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュ, シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひいらぎ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
холли
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
柊 holly

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 冬 winter
  2. 木 tree

How to find 柊 without knowing its reading

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

Open 柊 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.