# 桑 — mulberry

桑 means “mulberry”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: ソウ (sou). Kun'yomi: くわ (kuwa). You'll see it in words such as 桑 (kuwa, “mulberry”).

- Meaning: mulberry
- On'yomi: ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi: くわ (kuwa)
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Plants & farming 4

## How to remember 桑

Parts: 又 hand; again · 木 tree

## Words with 桑

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 桑 | くわ (kuwa) | mulberry |

## Don't confuse it with

[板](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/board/) · [極](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/extreme/) · [枝](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/branch/)

## More in the “Plants & farming 4” set

[桑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mulberry/) · [穂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/ear-of-grain/) · [芽](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bud/) · [苗](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/seedling/) · [穀](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cereals/) · [桃](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peach/) · [薫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/smell-sweet/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mulberry/. Last updated 2026-11-01.