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桟 = 㦮 + 木

桟 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “scaffold”. It is built from 㦮 (float) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 393.

Keyword
scaffold
RTK frame
393
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サン, セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かけはし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
каркас
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
桟 a crosspiece

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㦮 float
  2. 木 tree

How to find 桟 without knowing its reading

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

Open 桟 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.