椛

See also: 槭 and 糀

椛 U+691B, 椛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-691B ← 椚 [U+691A] CJK Unified Ideographs 検 → [U+691C]

Translingual

Han character

椛 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木廿人心 (DTOP), composition ⿰木花)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 537, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15065
• Dae Jaweon: page 924, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1210, character 4
• Unihan data for U+691B

Chinese

trad.		椛
simp. #		椛
alternative forms		樺／桦

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 椛.

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 花 (huā).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huā (hua¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hua
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹
    • Yale: hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua
    • Palladius: хуа (xua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waa⁴
    • Yale: wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹/

Definitions

椛

1. a type of birch
2. used in Japanese names

Japanese

Glyph origin

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

Kanji

椛

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. autumn foliage (紅葉(もみじ) (momiji))
2. birch (樺(かば) (kaba))
3. maple (紅葉(もみじば) (momiji-ba))

Readings

• Kun: かば (kaba, 椛)、もみじ (momiji, 椛)^{←もみぢ (momidi, 椛, historical)}、なぎ (nagi, 椛)
• Nanori: はな (hana)、がわ (gawa)、から (kara)、あき (aki)、いろは (iroha)、こころ (kokoro)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

椛(あき) or 椛(いろは) or 椛(こころ) or 椛(もみじ) • (Aki or Iroha or Kokoro or Momiji) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Proper noun

椛(かば) or 椛(もみじ) • (Kaba or Momiji) 

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
椛
もみじ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
椛
かば Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
椛
なぎ Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 椛 – see the following entries.

【紅葉もみじ】 [noun] the turning (coloring) of leaves, especially in autumn [noun] the colored leaves themselves [noun] 栬, 椛, 栴: Short for 以呂波紅葉 (iroha momiji): the Japanese maple, Acer palmatum [noun] Short for 紅葉襲 (momiji-gasane): a style of layering garments with crimson on the front and blue (or dark red) on the back [noun] (colloquial) venison, deer meat [noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of autumn leaves or the Japanese maple [noun] (card games) the suit of autumn leaves (or the Japanese maple) in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of October [verb] (of leaves) to turn (change color), especially during autumn [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spellings 黄葉, 栬, 栴, モミジ

(This term, 椛, is an alternative spelling (Japanese maple) of the above term.)

【樺かば】J [noun] a birch (plant of genus Betula) [noun] Short for 樺色 (kabairo, “reddish yellow”). Alternative spelling カバ

(This term, 椛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

【梛なぎ】J [noun] Asian bayberry, Nageia nagi Alternative spellings 竹柏, ナギ

(This term, 椛, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)