# 枠 — frame

枠 means “frame”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes.  Kun'yomi: わく (waku). You'll see it in words such as 枠 (waku, “frame; framework”).

- Meaning: frame
- On'yomi: —
- Kun'yomi: わく (waku)
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Shapes 1

## How to remember 枠

Parts: 木 tree · 九 nine · 十 ten; cross

## Words with 枠

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 枠 | わく (waku) | frame; framework |

## Don't confuse it with

[枯](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/wither/) · [染](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dye/) · [酔](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/intoxicated/) · [粋](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/chic/)

## More in the “Shapes 1” set

[模](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/imitate/) · [枠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/frame/) · [範](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pattern/) · [柄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pattern-on-fabric/) · [膨](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/swell/) · [丈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/length/) · [屈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/stoop/)

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