Kanji Detail for 梢 - "treetop, tip, branch"

梢

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
梢 means "treetop, tip, branch."
1. Treetop - The tip of a tree branch; the crown.
2. Tip - The end; the extremity; the point.
3. Helm - The rudder of a ship for steering.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

treetops; twig

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

pointed tip of something long like a branch; rudder

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

tip of branch

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

the tip of a branch; rudder

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

The tip of a tree. Any end is called 梢. Such as the conclusion of a matter is called 收梢. | The end of a boat's rudder is called 梢. Hence boatmen are called 梢公.
Onyomi

shoh(しょう)
Kunyomi

kaji(かじ)

kozue(こずえ)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
treetop tip branch tree top end point crown peak summit height growth nature reaching aspiration helm rudder direction canopy elevated