椿

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椿 U+693F, 椿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-693F
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Translingual

Han character

椿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木手大日 (DQKA), four-corner 45963, composition ⿰木春)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15090
  • Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1242, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+693F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 椿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
躉 *tuːnʔ
窀 *rduːn, *duːn, *tun
沌 *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
盹 *tuːnʔ, *tjuns
頓 *tuːns
扽 *tuːns
黗 *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
吨 *tʰuːnʔ
屯 *duːn, *tun
飩 *duːn
豘 *duːn
軘 *duːn
坉 *duːn
邨 *duːn, *stʰuːn
忳 *duːn
芚 *duːn
庉 *duːn, *duːnʔ
囤 *duːnʔ
迍 *tun
杶 *tʰun
瑃 *tʰun
椿 *tʰun
偆 *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
肫 *tjun
訰 *tjun, *tjuns
純 *tjunʔ, *djun
春 *tʰjun
蠢 *tʰjunʔ
踳 *tʰjunʔ
惷 *tʰjunʔ
蒓 *djun
賰 *hljunʔ
鬊 *hljuns

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 椿
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/
/t͡sʰuən²¹/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰuẽ²¹³/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰuən²⁴/
Xi'an /p͡fʰẽ²¹/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /p͡fʰə̃n³¹/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sʰuən⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡sʰuen⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰun³¹/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰũŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰəŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sʰz̩ʷen³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰyʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰyan¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰyn³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰyn³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰun⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /tʃʰun²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰøn⁵³/
Nanning /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰøn⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /tʰun⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰuŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /sun²³/
Rime
Character 椿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 諄 (47)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丑倫切
Baxter trhwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈʰiuɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʰʷin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶʰjuen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈʰwin/
Li
Rong 		/ȶʰiuĕn/
Wang
Li 		/ȶʰĭuĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶʰi̯uĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceon1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 椿
Reading # 1/1
No. 12566
Phonetic
component 		屯
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		椿
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰun/

Definitions

椿

  1. Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), a type of tree that blooms white flowers in the summer and has edible leaves
    alt. forms: 杶 (chūn), 櫄 (chūn)
  2. tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
  3. (figurative) father
  4. of advanced age

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

椿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. Chinese mahogany (Toona sinesis)
  2. unexpected
  3. camellia

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
椿
つばき
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
山茶
海石榴
海柘榴

⟨tubaki1⟩ → */tubakʲi/ → /t͡subaki/

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

 ツバキ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Camellia japonica on Wikipedia

椿(つばき) or 椿(ツバキ) • (tsubaki) 

  1. a camellia, especially the Japanese camellia, Camellia japonica
    Synonym: 山茶 (sancha)
    Hyponyms: 藪椿 (yabu tsubaki), 雪椿 (yuki tsubaki)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 1, poem 73:
      , text here
      吾妹(わぎも)子乎(こを)早(はや)見(み)濱風(はまかぜ)倭(やまと)有(なる)吾(＊)松(まつ)椿(つばき)不吹有(ふかざる)勿(な)勤(ゆめ) [Man'yōgana]
      我妹(わぎも)子(こ)を早(はや)見(み)浜風(はまかぜ)大和(やまと)なる我(あ)を松(まつ)椿(つばき)吹(ふ)かざるなゆめ [Modern spelling]
      wagimoko o hayami hamakaze Yamato naru a o matsu tsubaki fukazaru na yume
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

椿(つばき) • (Tsubaki) 

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

References

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

Korean

Hanja

椿 • (chun) (hangeul 춘, revised chun, McCune–Reischauer ch'un, Yale chwun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

椿: Hán Nôm readings: xoan, xuân

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