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橋 = 喬 + 木

橋 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bridge”. It is built from 喬 (angel) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 460.

Keyword
bridge
RTK frame
460
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мост
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
橋 bridge

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 喬 angel
  2. 木 tree

How to find 橋 without knowing its reading

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

Open 橋 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.