Kanji
桟
N1
10 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2093
scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)
On'yomi (音読み)
サン、 セン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かけはし
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
桟橋
さんばし
wharf; bridge
桟敷
さじき
dress circle (of a theatre); (first) balcony
桟
さん
frame (i.e. of a sliding door)
横桟
よこざん
horizontal bar; crosspiece
桟瓦
さんがわら
pantile
桟留縞
さんとめじま
striped cotton fabric imported from Sao Tome, also copied in Japan
桟戸
さんど
batten door; battened door
桟唐戸
さんからど
panelled wooden door
桟
えつり
sheathing (under thatched roofing)
桟竹
えつりだけ
sheathing (under thatched roofing)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
窓の桟
まどのさん
window frame; window sill
障子の桟
しょうじのさん
frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
桟を打ち付ける
さんをうちつける
to nail a crosspiece (to)
浮き桟橋
うきさんばし
floating pier
つんぼ桟敷
つんぼさじき
being kept uninformed; being cut off