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How do you read 梢 in Japanese?
The branches stirring high above.
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Use the Japanese word for the tips of a tree’s branches.
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Not the trunk or roots, but the ends of the branches. This three-hiragana word appears in descriptions of scenery.
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tree radical next to 肖
木 beside shapes like 小 above 月
kanji like 消 with 木 instead of water radical
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梢 has 11 strokes and the tree radical 木 on the left. The right-hand component is 肖, also seen in 消.
梢11 strokes / radical: 木 (tree)
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The answer is
こずえ
kozue
梢
Understand the meaning
English translationTips of tree branches
The tips of a tree’s branches. It can describe where leaves stir or a small bird perches high in a tree.
See it in a sentence
梢にとまった小鳥が、朝の光の中で鳴いていた。A small bird perched at a branch tip sang in the morning light.
A way to remember
The branch-tip reading is kozue, written こずえ with ず, not づ. Other readings include the on-reading shō.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 梢
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Using 梢
梢を揺らす and 梢を見上げる direct attention to branch tips rather than trunks or roots. They work well with descriptions of wind or birds.
例：夕風が梢を揺らし、葉の間から西の空が見えた。
The evening breeze stirred the branch tips, revealing the western sky between the leaves.
Reading and meaning in context
Here こずえ means the tip of a branch, not the whole tree. Check which part of the scene the sentence directs you toward.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 梢
Explanation checked on 2026-10-23. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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