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椎 = 木 + 隹
椎 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sweet oak”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 597.
- Keyword
- sweet oak
- RTK frame
- 597
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ツイ, スイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つち, う.つ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- chinquapin, сладкий дуб
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 椎 hammer
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 椎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “short-tailed bird”. 椎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 椎 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.