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柏

oak
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingハク、ヒャク、ビャク
Kun readingかしわ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. oakRtK
  2. cypress
  1. daimyo oak (Quercus dentata)
  2. japanese emperor oak

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · white (白) · dove

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 211

Compound words

柏木かしわぎ
oak tree; imperial palace guard
黄柏きはだ
Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
松柏しょうはく
evergreen tree
柏手かしわで
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
柏鵬はくほう
era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado
柏槙びゃくしん
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
柏餅かしわもち
rice cake wrapped in oak leaves
槇柏しんぱく
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
這柏槇はいびゃくしん
dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
柏もちかしわもち
rice cake wrapped in oak leaves
羅漢柏あすなろ
hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
伊吹柏槙いぶきびゃくしん
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
鉛筆柏槙えんぴつびゃくしん
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
鉛筆柏槇えんぴつびゃくしん
eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
新高柏槙にいたかびゃくしん
flaky juniper (Juniperus squamata)
新高柏槇にいたかびゃくしん
flaky juniper (Juniperus squamata)
柏鵬時代はくほうじだい
era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado
柏手を打つかしわでをうつ
to clap one's hands in prayer
コロラド柏槙コロラドびゃくしん
Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
コロラド柏槇コロラドびゃくしん
Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 柏

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