樒 = 密 + 木

樒 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “star-anise”. It is built from 密 (secrecy) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2592.

Keyword: star-anise
RTK frame: 2592
Strokes: 15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ミツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): しきみ, じんこう
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: tree whose branches are placed on buddhist graves, звездный анис
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 樒 a tree whose branches are placed on buddhist graves

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 樒 without knowing its reading

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

Open 樒 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.