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

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.)
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