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Kanji Detail for 柵 - "fence, stockade, barrier"

柵

  • Meaning

    柵 means "fence, stockade, barrier."

    1. Fence - A barrier enclosing an area.

    2. Stockade - A defensive barrier of stakes.

    3. Barrier - Something that blocks passage.

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    • Verified meaning: fence, stockade, barrier
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さく, しがらみ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 柵

    Surnames 柵(さく)Listen 柵(しがらみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stockade; fence; weir; entwine around

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fence; palisade; grid

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    fence; also pr. [shan1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    fence, grid, palisade

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Vertical bamboo or wooden barriers to block passage. Colloquially called 柵門.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    saku(サク) サク

    san(サン) サン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shigara.mu(しがらむ) しがらむ

    shigarami(しがらみ) しがらみ

    toride(とりで) とりで

    yarai(やらい) やらい

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    fence stockade barrier fortress weir railing barricade boundary enclosure fortification hedge palisade partition perimeter picket wall stakes

Sentences including 柵

  • Are there safety fences?

  • I painted the fence green.

  • His horse jumped over the fence.

  • Ken easily cleared the fence.

  • There is a fence marking the boundary between our yard and the neighbor's.

  • The garden is railed off from the path.

  • The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.

  • The boy skipped over the fence.

  • Two children are sitting on the fence.

  • You can slip through the fence on all fours.

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