桟 — kanji meaning “scaffold”
桟
scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)
- Meanings
- scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)
- On'yomi
- サン (san)、セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- かけはし
- Name readings
- さ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2093 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhàn
Words with 桟
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桟橋 | さんばし sanbashi | wharf; bridge; jetty |
| 桟敷 | さじき sajiki | dress circle (of a theatre); (first) balcony; box |
| 桟道 | さんどう sandou | plank path (on a steep mountainside, cliff face, etc.); walkway |
| 天井桟敷 | てんじょうさじき tenjousajiki | gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats |
| 浮き桟橋 | うきさんばし ukisanbashi | floating pier |
| 桟俵 | さんだわら sandawara | straw lid covering either end of a rice container |
| 障子の桟 | しょうじのさん shoujinosan | frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door) |
| 桟竹 | えつりだけ etsuridake | sheathing (under thatched roofing) |
| 窓の桟 | まどのさん madonosan | window frame; window sill |
| 桟唐戸 | さんからど sankarado | panelled wooden door |
| 桟戸 | さんど sando | batten door; battened door; ledged door |
| 桟留縞 | さんとめじま santomejima | striped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan |
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