棚
棚·shelf, rack
- On-yomi
- none
- Kun-yomi
- たな
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棚 | たな | shelf |
| 本棚 | ほんだな | bookshelf |
| 戸棚 | とだな | cupboard |
| 棚上げ | たなあげ | shelving (an issue), putting off |
Example sentences
本棚に辞書を並べた。
ほんだなにじしょをならべた。
I lined the dictionaries up on the bookshelf.
お皿は戸棚の中にあります。
おさらはとだなのなかにあります。
The plates are in the cupboard.
その問題は当分棚上げになった。
そのもんだいはとうぶんたなあげになった。
That issue has been shelved for the time being.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
- 棚朋朋 (companion) is the right half of 棚; two moons side by side become a shelf once wood 木 is added.
- 棚崩崩 (collapse, くずれる) puts the same 朋 under a mountain 山.
Common mistakes
- Reading 本棚 as ほんたな — it voices to ほんだな, and 戸棚 likewise to とだな
- 棚に上げる is idiomatic ('to conveniently ignore one's own fault'), not a literal act of shelving
Memory aid
Picture it
Wood 木 plus 朋, two equal parts side by side: planks of wood set level next to each other — a shelf.
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