杉 – cedar, cryptomeria

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The kanji 杉 means cedar, cryptomeria. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サン (san); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すぎ (sugi). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サン	san
Kun’yomi	すぎ	sugi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 木・彡.

Words using 杉

杉すぎJapanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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