栂
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Translingual
Han character
栂 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田卜戈 (DWYI), composition ⿰木母)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 521, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14686
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1192, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6802
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
栂 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: méi
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méi
- Wade–Giles: mei2
- Yale: méi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
- Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mui4
- Yale: mùih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4
- Guangdong Romanization: mui4
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
栂
Japanese
Kanji
栂
- hemlock (tree)
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 栂 |
| つが Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
⟨tuɡa⟩ → /t͡suɡa/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]
Appears to be an alternative phonetic realization of toga below.
Pronunciation
Noun
栂 or 栂 • (tsuga)
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 ツガ (tsuga).
Derived terms
- 都賀 (Tsuga): a surname and place name
- 栂桜 (tsugazakura): Phyllodoce nipponica
- 栂の木 (tsuganoki): a hemlock tree
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 栂 |
| とが Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
⟨to1ɡa⟩ → /toɡa/
- Alternative reconstruction:
⟨to1ɡa⟩ → */twoɡa/ → /toɡa/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[3]
Appears to be an alternative phonetic realization of tsuga above.
Pronunciation
Noun
栂 • (toga)
Usage notes
Less commonly used than the tsuga reading above.
Derived terms
- 栂椹 (togasawara): the Japanese Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga japonica)
- 栂尾 (Toganoo): a place in Kyoto
References
Korean
Hanja
栂 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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