樫

樫 U+6A2B, 樫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A2B ← 横 [U+6A2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 樬 → [U+6A2C]

Translingual

Han character

樫 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木尸水土 (DSEG), composition ⿰木堅)

1. evergreen oak
2. songbird (used in 樫鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 551, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15485
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1276, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6A2B

Chinese

trad.		樫
simp.		㭴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin¹
    • Yale: gīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

樫

1. Used in 樫鳥／㭴鸟 (“Garrulus glandarius/Eurasian jay”).

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 橿
• 櫧

Glyph origin

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

Kanji

樫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Kun: かし (kashi, 樫)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
樫
かし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.

Probably related to Old Japanese かたし (katasi), modern 堅(かた)い (katai, “firm; resolute”), ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kata (“hard”).

Korean 가시나무 (gasinamu), which is a near-perfect match phonologically and semantically, is probably an ancient loan from a Japonic language.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​し [káꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕi]

Noun

樫(かし) or 樫(カシ) • (kashi) 

1. live oak, evergreen oak

Korean

Hanja

樫 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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