JLPT N1 · 16 strokes
Kanji 樹: "timber, trees, wood"
The kanji 樹 means "timber, trees, wood, establish, set up". It is written with 16 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ジュ in on'yomi and き in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
き
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | timber, trees, wood, establish, set up |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 16 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 988 of 2,501 |
Common words with 樹
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 樹木tree; trees and shrubs
- 大樹large tree; big tree; huge tree
- 樹海sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
- 街路樹roadside trees
- 世界樹world tree (religious or mythological motif)
- 樹立establishment; founding; setting (a record)
- 樹脂resin; rosin
- 果樹園orchard; fruit farm
- 樹液sap
- 樹上up in a tree; in the trees
- 樹皮bark (of a tree, etc.)
- 樹齢age of a tree
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