Kanji Detail for 榔 - "elm, areca palm"

榔

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
榔 means "elm, areca palm."
1. Elm - A deciduous tree of the Ulmaceae family (used in compound 榔楡).
2. Areca palm - An evergreen tree of the Arecaceae family with a straight branchless trunk and large leaves at the top (used in compound 檳榔).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

betel palm tree

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

betel-nut tree

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

tall tree (archaic)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

betel-nut tree

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

檳榔 (betel nut): A tree name. See "檳" for details. | 桄榔 (sugar palm): A tree name. See "桄" for details.
Onyomi

roh(ろう)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
elm deciduous tree ulmaceae family areca palm evergreen arecaceae straight branchless trunk large leaves top