Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2093 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)

Kunyomi: かけはし

Onyomi: サン セン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

サン frame (i.e. of a sliding door), crosspiece, bar, sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut), rung (of a ladder)

サンバシ wharf, bridge, jetty, pier

障子の ショウジノサン frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)

窓の マドノサン window frame, window sill

Kunyomi Examples

懸け橋 かけはし temporary (suspension) bridge, makeshift bridge, bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.), link, go-between, intermediary, walkway (constructed on a cliff face), plank path