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Translingual
Han character
栃 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木竹一尸 (DHMS), composition ⿰木⿸𠂆万 or ⿰木厉)
- horse chestnut
- stable
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 521, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14687
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1185, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6803
Chinese
Glyph origin
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 栃 (tochi).
Etymology
Spelling pronunciation, as 勵/励 (lì) or 蠣/蛎 (lì).
Pronunciation
Definitions
栃
- Only used in 栃木 (Lìmù).
Compounds
Japanese
Glyph origin
A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).
Kanji
栃
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
- Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
- Short for 栃木.
Readings
Compounds
See also
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 栃 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 栃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
Spelling pronunciation, guided by characters like 励 (rei) and 蛎 (rei). As a kokuji designed for the native word とち (tochi), 栃 originally does not have an on'yomi.
Pronunciation
Affix
栃 • (rei) ←れい (rei)?
- Short for 栃木 (Tochigi, “Tochigi (a prefecture of Japan)”).
Compounds
References
Korean
Hanja
栃 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)
- type of oak
- stable