榊

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榊	U+698A, 榊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-698A

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

榊 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木戈火中 (DIFL), composition ⿰木神)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 546, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1256, character 6
Unihan data for U+698A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		榊

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 榊 (sakaki).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 神 (shén).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shén (shen²)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shén
  - Wade–Giles: shên²
  - Yale: shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern
  - Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴
  - Yale: sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹/

Definitions

榊

Cleyera japonica (sakaki)

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	榊󠄀 榊+`󠄀`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
榊󠄂 榊+`󠄂`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	榊
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Glyph origin

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

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 榊

榊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Kun: さかき (sakaki, 榊)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
榊
さかき Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
賢木

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

サカキ

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Cleyera japonica

The initial saka is cognate with verb 栄える (sakaeru, “to prosper, thrive”), while the final ki is definitely 木 (ki, “tree”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さかき (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

榊(さかき) or 榊(サカキ) • (sakaki)

a tree of species Cleyera japonica, considered sacred in Shinto
any evergreen tree planted within precincts of a Shinto shrine

Derived terms

Derived terms

Proper noun

榊(さかき) • (Sakaki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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