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How do you read 柿 in Japanese?
Autumn fruit ripening on a branch.
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Give the native reading for the tree and orange fruit that ripens in autumn.
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Written 木 beside 市. An autumn fruit that colors the tips of branches orange.
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tree radical beside 市 kanji
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柿: 9 strokes; radical 木 (tree). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
柿9 strokes / radical: 木 (tree)
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The answer is
かき
kaki
柿
Understand the meaning
English translationPersimmon / persimmon tree
A tree and its orange to reddish autumn fruit, used both as a food name and a tree name.
See it in a sentence
庭の柿が色づき、枝先が橙色になった。The garden persimmons ripened, coloring the ends of the branches orange.
A way to remember
The fruit is read kaki. Remember 木 together with the 市 shape on the right.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 柿
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Describe fruit changing color
Use 柿が色づく or 柿を収穫する. The verb helps identify whether the subject is the tree or its fruit.
例：窓から見える柿の実が、先週よりも濃い色になっていた。
The persimmons visible from the window had deepened in color since the previous week.
The written character identifies the meaning
The sound kaki can match other words. Here the 木 radical and the surrounding context identify a tree or fruit.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 柿
Explanation checked on 2026-11-02. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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