桉

桉 U+6849, 桉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6849 ← 案 [U+6848] CJK Unified Ideographs 桊 → [U+684A]

Translingual

Han character

桉 (radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木十女 (DJV), four-corner 4394₄, composition ⿰木安)

References

• KangXi: page 525, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14763
• Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1207, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6849

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		桉

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 木 (“tree”) + 安 (ān)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ān (an¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: an1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹
    • Yale: ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

桉

1. eucalyptus

Compounds

• 桉木

• 桉樹／桉树 (ānshù)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 桉 – see 案 (“table; desk; law case; case; etc.”). (This character, 桉, is a variant form of 案.)

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Japanese

Kanji

桉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あん (an)

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Korean

Hanja

桉 (eum 안 (an))

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Vietnamese

Han character

桉: Hán Nôm readings: an

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References

• Nom Foundation