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杜 = 土 + 木
杜 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “temple grove”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2562.
- Keyword
- temple grove
- RTK frame
- 2562
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ト, トウ, ズ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- もり, ふさ.ぐ, やまなし
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- woods, храмовая роща
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 杜 stop
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 杜 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “tree”. 杜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 杜 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.