梓
梓 — Catalpa tree
catalpa tree, woodblock printing
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomiあずさ (azusa)
Stroke order (11 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 梓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梓 | あずさ azusa | Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus) |
Study notes
梓 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2301 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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