Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)
Kun:
かけはし
On:
サンセン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2093 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 桟 【サン】 frame (i.e. of a sliding door), crosspiece, bar, sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut), rung (of a ladder)
  • 桟橋 【サンバシ】 wharf, bridge, jetty, pier
  • 障子の桟 【ショウジノサン】 frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
  • 窓の桟 【マドノサン】 window frame, window sill

Kun reading compounds

  • 懸け橋 【かけはし】 temporary (suspension) bridge, makeshift bridge, bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.), link, go-between, intermediary, walkway (constructed on a cliff face), plank path

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhan4
Korean:
jan

Spanish

  • travesaño
  • armazón
  • muelle
  • embarcadero

Portuguese

  • andaime
  • ripa
  • moldura
  • cais
  • ferrolho (porta)

French

  • échafaudage
  • traverse
  • cadre (shoji)
  • jetée
  • quai
  • pont
  • verrou
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1859 2001 Kanji
4a6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4395.0 Four corner code
1-27-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
685f Unicode hex code