棚
棚 — Shelf
shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomiたな (tana)
Kun’yomi-だな (dana)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 棚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棚 | たな tana | shelf; ledge; rack |
| 棚上げ | たなあげ tanaage | shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling |
| 戸棚 | とだな todana | cupboard; locker; closet |
| 本棚 | ほんだな hondana | bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase |
| 書棚 | しょだな shodana | bookshelf |
| 神棚 | かみだな kamidana | kamidana; household shrine; home shrine |
Study notes
棚 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1594 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. 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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