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杵 = 午 + 木
杵 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wooden pestle”. It is built from 午 (noon) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2565.
- Keyword
- wooden pestle
- RTK frame
- 2565
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショ, ソ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- きね
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- деревянный пестик
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 杵 pestle
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 杵 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “noon” + “tree”. 杵 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 杵 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.