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榊 = 木 + 神

榊 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sacred tree”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 神 (gods). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2553.

Keyword
sacred tree
RTK frame
2553
Strokes
13
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さかき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
sacred shinto tree, священное дерево
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
榊 a sacred shinto tree

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 神 gods

How to find 榊 without knowing its reading

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

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