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杉 — kanji meaning “cedar”

cedar, cryptomeria

Meanings
cedar, cryptomeria
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
7
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1095 of 2,500
Classical radical
75
Chinese reading
shān, shā — Chinese character page

Words with 杉

WordReadingMeaning
すぎど sugidodoor made of cedar
こすぎ kosugismall cedar
すぎばやし sugibayashicryptomeria forest
すぎうち sugiuchitoo; extremely; so
いとすぎ itosugicypress (Cupressus sp.)
いっぽんすぎ ipponsugisolitary Japanese cedar
やきすぎ yakisugiyakisugi; charred and polished cedar wood
すぎざい sugizaicedar wood
すぎなみき suginamikiavenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
じんだいすぎ jindaisugilignitized Japanese cedar; lignitised Japanese cedar
すぎかわ sugikawacedar bark
すぎかふんしょう sugikafunshoucedar pollen allergy

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