sankan - Triple Trunk
gokan - 5 trunk
Two (or 3 or 5) trunks growing from the same root. Usually one trunk is the largest and is referred to as the parent.
Triple Trunk (Sankan) - Three trunks, one root system
Five Trunk (Gokan) - Five trunks, one root system
Seven Trunk (Nanakan) - Seven trunks, one root system ...
Triple Trunk Style (Sankan)
This style may have three, five, or seven trunks of different trunk diameters growing from a single root ball. If there are three trunks of differing diameters, then it is referred to as a father, mother, son arrangement.
Sokan, a tree with three trunks is a Sankan, and trees with five or more
trunks are called Kabudachi. All types have an odd number of trunks, except
for the Sokan of course. Developing an even number of trunks is not
practiced.
SANKAN triple-trunk
KABUDACHI multiple-trunk
NETSUNAGARI root connected
YOSE UE group planting
SAI-KEI landscape planting
PEN-JING landscape planting
SHARI deadwood on trunk
JIN deadwood branch ...
A tree with two trunks from its foot is called ''sokan'' (double trunks) and one with three trunks ''sankan'' (triple trunks). Usually, trees with odd-numbered trunks are appreciated. Even-numbered ones, except for two, are unpopular.
 See also: Yose, Root, Trunk, Shakan, Bonsai
  
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