杮
wood shavings
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Readings
On'yomi
- ハイ
Kun'yomi
- こけら
Meaning
杮 centers on thin fragments of wood produced by planing or carving: wood shavings.
Most common words using 杮
- 杮こけら
chopped wood; wood chips
Study
Etymology
杮 combines 木 (tree, wood) with 巿, which likely contributes the sound. The character expresses wood shavings or thin wooden fragments.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is a tree 木, and the right side 巿 looks like a cloth or something spread out. Picture thin wood shavings curling off a plank like delicate cloth strips.
Reading mnemonic
For ハイ, imagine a high-pitched plane shaving wood: the sound 'high' cues ハイ while the shavings fly off the 木.