樒

樒 U+6A12, 樒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A12 ← 樑 [U+6A11] CJK Unified Ideographs 樓 → [U+6A13]

Translingual

Han character

樒 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木十心山 (DJPU), composition ⿰木密)

1. Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 549, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15428
• Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1284, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6A12

Chinese

simp. and trad.		樒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mì (mi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴
    • Yale: mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mat⁶
    • Yale: maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: mit

Rime
Character	樒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	美畢切
Baxter	mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/miet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjit̚/
Li Rong	/mjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mriɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樒
Reading #	1/1
No.	590
Phonetic component	必
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	密
Old Chinese	/*mriɡ/
Notes	同榓

Definitions

樒

1. ^† a tree resembling Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) with fragrant wood

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 131

Japanese

Kanji

樒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): みつ (mitsu)
• Kun: じんこう (jinkō); しきみ (shikimi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
樒
しきみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
櫁 梻

Noun

樒(しきみ) or 樒(シキミ) • (shikimi) 

1. Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a highly toxic tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シキミ.

Korean

Hanja

樒 (eum 밀 (mil))

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