Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
cedar, cryptomeria
Kun:
すぎ
On:
サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1095 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 老杉 【ロウサン】 old cryptomeria

Kun reading compounds

  • 杉 【すぎ】 Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
  • 杉戸 【すぎど】 door made of cedar
  • 台杉 【だいすぎ】 coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
  • 神代杉 【じんだいすぎ】 lignitized Japanese cedar, lignitised Japanese cedar

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1, sha1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • cedro

Portuguese

  • cedro

French

  • cèdre
  • cryptomère
1467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
910 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2190 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1941 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1418 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
425 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1872 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2033 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1072 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1027 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
557 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
737 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1729 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14452 Morohashi
832 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2562 New Nelson (John Haig)
1713 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1849 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1136 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1860 2001 Kanji
4a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
4292.2 Four corner code
1-31-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6749 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 苔状 【タイジョウ】 mossy
  • 苔癬 【タイセン】 lichen
  • 青苔 【セイタイ】 green moss
  • 掃苔 【ソウタイ】 visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival), removal of moss from a tombstone

Kun reading compounds

  • 苔 【こけ】 moss, short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
  • コケ植物 【コケしょくぶつ】 bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai2, tai1
Korean:
tae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3921 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
929 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2792 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1935 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
30778X Morohashi
5001 New Nelson (John Haig)
2356 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2443 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k5.27 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
4460.3 Four corner code
1-34-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82d4 Unicode hex code