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Translingual
Han character
栂 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田卜戈 (DWYI), composition ⿰木母)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 521, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14686
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1192, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6802
Chinese
Pronunciation
Definitions
栂
- a kind of evergreen tree, hemlock, the genus Tsuga
Japanese
Kanji
栂
(Hyōgai kanji)
- hemlock (tree)
Readings
Etymology 1
⟨tuɡa⟩ → /t͡suɡa/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]
Appears to be an alternative phonetic realization of toga below.
Pronunciation
Noun
栂 or 栂 • (tsuga)
- southern Japanese hemlock, Tsuga sieboldii
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 ツガ.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
⟨to1ɡa⟩ → /toɡa/
- Alternative reconstruction:
⟨to1ɡa⟩ → */twoɡa/ → /toɡa/
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[3]
Appears to be an alternative phonetic realization of tsuga above.
Pronunciation
Noun
栂 • (toga)
- southern Japanese hemlock, Tsuga sieboldii
Usage notes
Less commonly used than the tsuga reading above.
Derived terms
References
Korean
Hanja
栂 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)
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