Japanese symbol for “cade”

ケード杜松

ケードねず

Romaji: keedonezu

prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus); prickly cedar; cade juniper; cade

In Japanese, cade is ケード杜松, read ケードねず (keedonezu).

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Meanings

n prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus); prickly cedar; cade juniper; cade; sharp ceda

Written forms: ケード杜松. Readings: ケードねず、ケードネズ.

Kanji and stroke order

杜

woods, grove

on: ト、トウ、ズ
kun: もり、ふさ.ぐ、やまなし

7 strokes · JLPT 1

松

pine tree

on: ショウ
kun: まつ

8 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
杜撰	ずさん zusan	careless; sloppy; faulty
杜氏	とうじ touji	chief brewer at a sake brewery
杜若	かきつばた kakitsubata	rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
杜鵑	とけん token	lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
杜漏	ずろう zurou	careless; negligent
杜父魚	かくぶつ kakubutsu	fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)
赤松	あかまつ akamatsu	Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
松林	まつばやし matsubayashi	pine forest

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.