椿
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Translingual
Han character
椿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木手大日 (DQKA), four-corner 45963, composition ⿰木春)
Derived characters
- 𢢫
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15090
- Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1242, character 8
- Unihan data for U+693F
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
椿 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 躉 | *tuːnʔ |
| 窀 | *rduːn, *duːn, *tun |
| 沌 | *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 盹 | *tuːnʔ, *tjuns |
| 頓 | *tuːns |
| 扽 | *tuːns |
| 黗 | *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 吨 | *tʰuːnʔ |
| 屯 | *duːn, *tun |
| 飩 | *duːn |
| 豘 | *duːn |
| 軘 | *duːn |
| 坉 | *duːn |
| 邨 | *duːn, *stʰuːn |
| 忳 | *duːn |
| 芚 | *duːn |
| 庉 | *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 囤 | *duːnʔ |
| 迍 | *tun |
| 杶 | *tʰun |
| 瑃 | *tʰun |
| 椿 | *tʰun |
| 偆 | *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ |
| 肫 | *tjun |
| 訰 | *tjun, *tjuns |
| 純 | *tjunʔ, *djun |
| 春 | *tʰjun |
| 蠢 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 踳 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 惷 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 蒓 | *djun |
| 賰 | *hljunʔ |
| 鬊 | *hljuns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chūn
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chun
- Wade–Giles: chʻun1
- Yale: chwūn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuen
- Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ceon1
- Yale: chēun
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen1
- Guangdong Romanization: cên1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thun
- Tâi-lô: thun
- Phofsit Daibuun: twn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun
- Tâi-lô: tshun
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhwn
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: trhwin
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰun/
Definitions
椿
- Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), a type of tree that blooms white flowers in the summer and has edible leaves
- tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- (figurative) father
- of advanced age
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
椿
Readings
- Go-on: ちゅん (chun)←ちゆん (tyun, historical)
- Kan-on: ちゅん (chun)←ちゆん (tyun, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: ちん (chin)
- Kun: つばき (tsubaki, 椿)
Compounds
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 椿 |
| つばき Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 山茶 海石榴 海柘榴 |
⟨tubaki1⟩ → */tubakʲi/ → /t͡subaki/
From Old Japanese.
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Pronunciation
Noun
椿 or 椿 • (tsubaki)
- a camellia, especially the Japanese camellia, Camellia japonica
- Synonym: 山茶 (sancha)
- Hyponyms: 藪椿 (yabu tsubaki), 雪椿 (yuki tsubaki)
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- 吾妹子乎早見濱風倭有吾松椿不吹有勿勤 [Man'yōgana]
- 我妹子を早見浜風大和なる我を松椿吹かざるなゆめ [Modern spelling]
- wagimoko o hayami hamakaze Yamato naru a o matsu tsubaki fukazaru na yume
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Derived terms
- 椿油 (tsubaki abura)
- 椿市 (Tsubaichi)
- 椿灰 (tsubaki-bai)
- 椿姫 (Tsubaki-hime)
- 椿餅 (tsubaki mochi), 椿餅 (tsubai mochii)
- 椿桃 (tsubakimomo), 椿桃 (tsubaimomo)
- 落ち椿 (ochitsubaki)
- 乙女椿 (otome tsubaki)
- 唐椿 (kara-tsubaki)
- 寒椿 (kantsubaki)
- 玉椿 (tama tsubaki)
- 列列椿 (tsuratsura tsubaki)
- 唐椿 (tō-tsubaki)
- 夏椿 (natsu tsubaki)
- 花椿 (hana tsubaki)
- 浜椿 (hama tsubaki)
- 姫椿 (hime-tsubaki)
- 冬椿 (fuyu tsubaki)
- 藪椿 (yabu tsubaki)
- 山椿 (yama tsubaki)
- 雪椿 (yuki tsubaki)
- 斎つ真椿 (yu tsu ma-tsubaki)
See also
Proper noun
椿 • (Tsubaki)
- a place name
- a surname
- a female given name
References
Korean
Hanja
椿 • (chun) (hangeul 춘, revised chun, McCune–Reischauer ch'un, Yale chwun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
椿: Hán Nôm readings: xoan, xuân
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