杉 Kanji: Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order (JLPT N1)

Readings

On readingサン

Kun readingすぎ

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 8Level 35

Meanings

cedarRtK
cryptomeria

japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

Homonyms

ⓘ

Same reading (すぎ)

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

杉

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

tree (木) · wood (木) · shape

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1849

Compound words

杉並木すぎなみき

avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)

沼杉ぬますぎ

bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

杉玉すぎだま

cedar ball (hung at sake breweries)

Suginami (Tokyo district)

solitary Japanese cedar

神代杉じんだいすぎ

lignitized Japanese cedar

sugi spider mite (Oligonychus hondoensis)

Additional Examples

杉本夫人はいつもこぎれいな着物を着ている。

Mrs. Sugimoto always wears neat clothes.tatoeba

小杉さんにお目にかかりたいのですが。

I'd like to see Mr Kosugi.tatoeba

私は、上杉憲信が好き。

I like Kenshin Uesugi.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Japanese cedar (sugi). 木 (tree) + 彡 (needles) — a conifer. 杉 — cryptomeria.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 杉

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step