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Japanese cypress
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingひのき、ひ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. japanese cypress
  2. Japanese cypress (old)RtK
  1. hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
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Compound words

唐檜とうひ
spruce tree (esp. Picea jezoensis hondoensis, a variety of Ezo spruce)
翌檜あすなろ
hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
檜扇ひおうぎ
formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress
檜皮ひわだ
cypress bark
檜木ひのき
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
檜葉ひば
hinoki leaf
白檜曾しらびそ
Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii)
白檜曽しらびそ
Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii)
檜皮色ひわだいろ
dusky-red
檜皮葺ひわだぶき
cypress bark roof
檜舞台ひのきぶたい
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.)
大白檜曾おおしらびそ
Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
大白檜曽おおしらびそ
Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
檜皮葺きひわだぶき
cypress bark roof

Stroke Order

17 strokes

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