唐檜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐	檜
とう Grade: S	ひ Jinmeiyō
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーひ [tòóhí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
(Tokyo) とーひ [tóꜜòhì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːçi]

Noun

唐(とう)檜(ひ) or 唐檜(トウヒ) • (tōhi) ^{←たうひ (taufi)^?}

Hondo spruce, Picea jezoensis subsp. hondoensis

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as トウヒ (tōhi).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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