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Kanji Detail for 檜 - "hinoki cypress"

檜

  • Meaning

    檜 means "hinoki cypress." Also associated with juniper.

    1. Juniper - An evergreen tree of the cypress family.

    2. Hinoki cypress - A prized Japanese cypress tree.

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    • Verified meaning: hinoki cypress
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひざき, ひのき)
    • Also carries these associations: juniper

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 檜

    Given names 檜(ひのき)Listen

    Surnames 檜(ひざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Japanese cypress

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 秦檜|秦桧[Qin2 Hui4]; Taiwan pr. [Kuai4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper

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

    Name of a tree. Also called 栝. Leaves are sharp and hard like cypress. Shape is somewhat round. Also called round cypress (圓柏). The trunk resembles pine without scales. Hence, Erya says: "檜 has cypress leaves and pine body." | Name of a state. Descendants of Zhurong. The Book of Odes has the "Airs of Gui." Zuozhuan writes it as 鄶.

  • Onyomi

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    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

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    hi(ひ) ひ

    hinoki(ひのき) ひのき

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    juniper hinoki cypress conifer evergreen tree wood timber aroma construction furniture resin forest

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