枕

8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

pillow

Kun'yomi
  • まくら
    		pillow ②introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story)
On'yomi
  • チン
  • シン

Main Radical

木(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

まくら 99.7%
チン 0.3%

Character Breakdown

pillow
まくら　チン　シン (11th)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
to move on, doubtful
イン　ユ　おこた.る
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)

Common Words

まくら
枕
pillow ②introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story)
ひざ
膝
まくら
枕
laying one's head in someone's lap
まくら
枕
もと
元
bedside
だ
抱
　
き
まくら
枕
body pillow
まくら
枕
な
投
　
げ
pillow fight
まくら
枕
のそうし
草子
The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
うで
腕
まくら
枕
using one's arms as a pillow
こおり
氷
まくら
枕
ice pillow
みず
水
まくら
枕
water-filled pillow
うた
歌
まくら
枕
place that is often written about in waka poetry ②oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry
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References

Unicode hex code 6795
JIS X 0208 1-43-77
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2209
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2589
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1064
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 759
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2472
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2034
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 627
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1900
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14546
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 965
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a4.8
Four corner code 4491.2
De Roo Code 1857