桟 – scaffold, cleat, frame

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2093 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 桟 means scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サン、セン (san, sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かけはし (kakehashi). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サン	san
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	かけはし	kakehashi

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・戈・二.

Words using 桟

桟橋さんばしwharf

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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