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柏 — 9 strokes / Radical「木」

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ハク・ヒャク・ビャクはく・ひゃく・びゃく · haku · hyaku · byaku
Kun
かしわkashiwa
Meaning
oak

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Wood plus white: the tree whose leaves are pale beneath — the oak.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 柏餅かしわもち

    oak-leaf wrapped rice cake

  • 柏手かしわで

    clapping hands at a shrine

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

端午(たんご)の節句(せっく)に柏餅(かしわもち)を食(た)べる。

We eat oak-leaf rice cakes at the Boys’ Festival.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

柏手柏餅柏手hand餅mochi杢woodwo…杓ladle杏aprico…杜grove李plum狛guardi…粕lees鞄bag碧blue-g…箔foil
CompoundRadicalReading

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