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杖 = 丈 + 木

杖 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cane”. It is built from 丈 (length) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2566.

Keyword
cane
RTK frame
2566
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つえ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
staff, тростник
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
杖 cane

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 丈 length
  2. 木 tree

How to find 杖 without knowing its reading

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

Open 杖 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.