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Kanji Detail for 柘 - "mulberry, boxwood, durable"

柘

  • Meaning

    柘 means "mulberry, boxwood, durable."

    1. Mulberry tree - A deciduous tree of the mulberry family.

    2. Boxwood - An evergreen shrub of the box family.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wild mulberry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a thorny tree; sugarcane

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata); Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cudrania, mulberry; sugarcane

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A tree name. Grows in northern regions. Straight trunk. Thick, pointed leaves, slightly harder than mulberry leaves, also usable for raising silkworms. Fruit like mulberry but round. | 柘枝: A dance name. There is a Tuozhi tune in musical notation. The dance is named after the tune. One theory says it was originally from the Northern Wei name Tuoba, changing 拓 to 柘 and 拔 to 枝. From "Suosui Lu."
  • Onyomitip

    sha(しゃ) しゃ

  • Kunyomitip

    tsuge(つげ) つげ

    yamaguwa(やまぐわ) やまぐわ

  • Strokestip

    9 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords
    mulberry boxwood tree deciduous evergreen wood timber hard durable craft carving yellow nature botanical shrub traditional useful Japanese material sturdy

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