楠
楠 — Camphor tree
camphor tree
On’yomiナン (nan)
On’yomiダン (dan)
On’yomiゼン (zen)
On’yomiネン (nen)
Kun’yomiくす (kusu)
Kun’yomiくすのき (kusunoki)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Study notes
楠 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1927 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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