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

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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
櫁
しきみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

櫁(しきみ) or 櫁(シキミ) • (shikimi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 樒 (shikimi, “Japanese star anise, Illicium anisatum”)