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Kanji Detail for 槐 - "pagoda tree, three ministers"
槐
- Meaning
槐 means "pagoda tree, three ministers."
Pagoda tree - A deciduous tree of the Fabaceae family.
Three Ministers - Three high officials; from the story of three pagoda trees planted in the palace courtyard where the three ministers sat.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
type of Japanese pagoda tree
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
locust tree
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
locust tree
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Name of a tree. Height is two to three zhang. Leaves are compound. Flowers are yellowish-white, butterfly-shaped. Fruits are long pods. The timber is hard and heavy, usable for building materials and implements. In ancient times, three locust trees and nine thorns represented the positions of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, as seen in the Rites of Zhou. Hence, it has been traditionally used as a designation for high ministers. Such as 台槐, 槐省, and the like. Also, dreamland is called the Kingdom of Locust Peace (槐安國), from the Tang story of Chunyu Fen. See also "柯."
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