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How do you read 椛 in Japanese?
Leaves become as colorful as flowers.
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Give the three-hiragana reading beginning with mo for a tree with red autumn leaves.
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Written 木 beside 花. Think of red autumn leaves.
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tree radical beside 花 kanji
木 and 花 11 strokes autumn leaves
Japanese-made kanji with 木 reading beginning mo
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椛: 11 strokes; radical 木 (tree). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
椛11 strokes / radical: 木 (tree)
Stroke counts and radicals follow the Japanese dictionary Kanjipedia; other dictionaries may differ.
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The answer is
もみじ
momiji
椛
Understand the meaning
English translationAutumn maple foliage / maple
A character for momiji, associated with red autumn foliage. It was created in Japan by combining 木 and 花.
See it in a sentence
池のほとりで、椛の赤い葉が水面に映っていた。Red maple leaves beside the pond were reflected in the water.
A way to remember
Here the reading is momiji. Learn it for the whole character rather than reading its parts as ki and hana.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 椛
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Recognize a single-character spelling
Use 椛の葉 or 椛の枝 in descriptions of the tree. The 木 radical and descriptions of leaf color can help identify this unfamiliar spelling.
例：庭の奥の椛から、赤い葉が一枚だけ落ちてきた。
A single red leaf fell from the maple at the back of the garden.
The 花 component does not make it a flower name
Kanjipedia explains it as a tree whose leaves color like flowers. Read it in connection with autumn foliage, rather than assuming it refers to blossoms.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 椛
Explanation checked on 2026-11-02. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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