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桶 = 木 + 甬

桶 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bucket”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 甬 (pogo stick). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2590.

Keyword
bucket
RTK frame
2590
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ, トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おけ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
tub, ведро
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
桶 pail

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 甬 pogo stick

How to find 桶 without knowing its reading

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

Open 桶 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.