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柾 — Straight grain

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary school
straight grain, spindle tree, (kokuji)
On’yomi
Kun’yomiまさ (masa)
Kun’yomiまさめ (masame)
Kun’yomiまさき (masaki)

Stroke order (9 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 柾

WordReadingMeaning
マサキ
masaki
evergreen spindle (Euonymus japonicus); Japanese spindle tree

Study notes

柾 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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