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Kanji Detail for 萸 - "dogwood, oleaster"
萸
- Meaning
萸 means "dogwood, oleaster."
Dogwood - A deciduous shrub of the Rutaceae family (used in compound 茱萸).
Oleaster - A deciduous shrub of the Elaeagnaceae family (Japanese usage).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
oleaster; river ginger tree
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
dogwood
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
used in 茱萸[zhu1 yu2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
dogwood
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
茱萸 (evodia). A tree name with two types. One is 吳茱萸 (Evodia rutaecarpa). Leaves are elliptical and thick. Flowers are small. Color is yellowish-green. Fruits are abundant without pits. Stems are used medicinally. One is 食茱萸 (Zanthoxylum ailanthoides). Leaves are pointed. Serrated edges are very fine. Flowers are light green. Fruits are pungent and spicy. Eaten as food.
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