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Kanji Detail for 樝 - "hawthorn, japanese quince"

  • Meaning

    樝 means "hawthorn, japanese quince."

    1. Hawthorn - A deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family (used in compound 山樝子).

    2. Japanese quince - A deciduous tree of the Rosaceae family.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a kind of hawthorne

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

    山樝 (Shan-cha, hawthorn). Name of a tree. Height is five to six feet. Branches have many thorns. Leaves are narrow at the base and wide at the tip. Fruits come in red and yellow. Fat ones are like small crabapples. Taste is sour. Often made into hawthorn cakes and hawthorn jelly with sugar, which are very sweet and delicious. Also written as 柤. Interchangeable with 查. | 榠樝 (Ming-cha). Name of a tree. See "榠" for details.
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