椛

See also: 槭 and 糀

椛	U+691B, 椛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-691B

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[U+691A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+691C]

Translingual

Han character

椛 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木廿人心 (DTOP), composition ⿰木花)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 537, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15065
Dae Jaweon: page 924, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1210, character 4
Unihan data for U+691B

Chinese

trad.		椛
simp. ^#		椛
alternative forms		樺／桦

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 椛.

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 花 (huā).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huā (hua¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hua
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹
  - Yale: hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua
  - Palladius: хуа (xua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waa⁴
  - Yale: wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹/

Definitions

椛

a type of birch
used in Japanese names

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). 木 + 花.

Kanji

椛

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Kun: かば (kaba, 椛)、もみじ (momiji, 椛)^{←もみぢ (momidi, 椛, historical)}、なぎ (nagi, 椛)
Nanori: はな (hana)、がわ (gawa)、から (kara)、あき (aki)、いろは (iroha)、こころ (kokoro)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

椛(あき) or 椛(いろは) or 椛(こころ) or 椛(もみじ) • (Aki or Iroha or Kokoro or Momiji)

a female given name

Etymology 2

Proper noun

椛(かば) or 椛(もみじ) • (Kaba or Momiji)

a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
椛
もみじ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
椛
かば Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
椛
なぎ Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 椛 – see the following entries.

【紅葉もみじ】

[noun] the turning (coloring) of leaves, especially in autumn

[noun] the colored leaves themselves

[noun] 栬, 椛, 栴: short for 以呂波紅葉 (iroha momiji): the Japanese maple, Acer palmatum

[noun] short for 紅葉襲 (momiji-gasane): a style of layering garments with crimson on the front and blue (or dark red) on the back

[noun] (colloquial) venison, deer meat

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of autumn leaves or the Japanese maple

[noun] (card games, hanafuda) The suit of maple (or autumn leaves) in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of October

[verb] (of leaves) to turn (change color), especially during autumn

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] a female given name

Alternative spellings
黄葉, 栬, 栴, モミジ

(This term, 椛, is an alternative spelling (Japanese maple) of the above term.)

【樺かば】J

[noun] a birch (plant of genus Betula)

[noun] short for 樺色 (kabairo, “reddish yellow”)

Alternative spelling
カバ

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

【梛なぎ】J

[noun] Asian bayberry, Nageia nagi

Alternative spellings
竹柏, ナギ

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