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Kanji Detail for 桧 - "hinoki, japanese cypress"

桧

  • Meaning

    桧 means "hinoki, japanese cypress."

    1. Hinoki - Japanese cypress tree.

    2. Cypress - An evergreen conifer.

    3. Fragrant - Aromatic wood.

  • Origin of 桧

    木, the tree, beside 会 (the old form is 檜, with 會), which lends the reading kai: the hinoki cypress — the wood of shrines and baths, straight-grained and fragrant.

    How to remember it: The meeting 会 tree — where gods and carpenters agree: hinoki.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 桧

    • Verified meaning: hinoki, japanese cypress
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えのき, ひのき, ひのさき)

    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 桧

    Surnames 桧(えのき)Listen 桧(ひのき)Listen 桧(ひのさき)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

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hi(ひ) ひ

    hinoki(ひのき) ひのき

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    hinoki japanese cypress conifer evergreen tree wood timber aroma construction forest

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