櫁

櫁 U+6AC1, 櫁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AC1 ← 櫀 [U+6AC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 櫂 → [U+6AC2]

Translingual

Han character

櫁 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木十心戈 (DJPI), composition ⿰木蜜)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 559, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15754
• Dae Jaweon: page 948, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1311, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6AC1

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 櫁 – see 榓 (“fragrant tree that resembles a Chinese scholar tree mentioned in ancient books”). (This character is an ancient form of 榓).

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 櫁

櫁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sacred anise tree, Japanese star anise

Readings

• Go-on: みつ (mitsu)
• Kan-on: びつ (bitsu)
• Kun: じんこう (jinkō, 櫁)^{←ぢんかう (dinkau, 櫁, historical)}、しきみ (shikimi, 櫁)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
櫁
しきみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 櫁 – see the following entry.

【樒しきみ】H [noun] Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a highly toxic tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves [noun] synonym of 沈香 (jinkō, “agarwood”) Alternative spellings 梻, シキミ, しきび, シキビ

(This term, 櫁, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)