枕 – pillow

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The kanji 枕 means pillow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チン、シン (chin, shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まくら (makura). It is written with 8 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	チン	chin
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	まくら	makura

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: ノ・乙・木・冖・尢.

Words using 枕

枕まくらpillow

Example sentences

彼は枕に頭を横たえた。

He laid his head on the pillow.

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Kanji with the same radical

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