楠

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See also: 枏
楠 U+6960, 楠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6960
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Translingual

Han character

楠 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木十月十 (DJBJ), four-corner 44927, composition ⿰木南)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15152
  • Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1244, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6960

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 楠
alternative forms 枏
柟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (南) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
南 *nuːm
楠 *nuːm
腩 *nuːmʔ
湳 *nuːmʔ
揇 *nuːmʔ
萳 *nuːmʔ
罱 *ruːmʔ
喃 *rnuːm
諵 *rnuːm, *rnuːms

Vulgarized from 枏. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuːm) : semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + phonetic 南 (OC *nuːm).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lam5 - Chaozhou;
  • nam5 - Shantou.
    Rime
    Character 楠
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
    Final (韻) 覃 (159)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 那含切
    Baxter nom
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/nʌm/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/nəm/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/nɒm/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/nəm/
    Li
    Rong         		/nᴀm/
    Wang
    Li         		/nɒm/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/năm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		nán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		naam4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 楠
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9356
    Phonetic
    component         		南
    Rime
    group         		侵
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		南
    Old
    Chinese         		/*nuːm/
    Notes 見屍子俗同柟

    Etymology 1

    Definitions

    楠

    1. nanmu tree (Machilus nanmu or Phoebe zhennan)
    2. name of various species of Phoebe and Machilus

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Thai น่าน (nâan).

    Alternative forms

    Definitions

    楠

    1. (～府) Nan province (of Thailand)
    2. (～市) Nan city
    3. (～河) Nan river

    Japanese

    Kanji

    楠

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. camphor tree

    Readings

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    楠
    くす
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 楠 – see the following entry.
    【くすクス】
    Synonym of くすのき (kusu-no-ki)
    Alternative spelling
    樟
    (This term, 楠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    楠
    くすのき
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 楠 – see the following entry.
    【くすのき】
    camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora
    Alternative spellings
    樟, クスノキ
    (This term, 楠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean

    Hanja

    楠 • (nam) (hangeul 남, revised nam, McCune–Reischauer nam, Yale nam)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Tày

    Noun

    楠 (nam)

    1. Nôm form of nam (“thorn, spine”).

    References

    • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    楠: Hán Nôm readings: nêm, nam

    1. chữ Hán form of nêm (“(to) wedge, to pack”).
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