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See also:
U+6961, 楡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6961

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 75, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木人一女 (DOMV), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15153
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1253, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6961

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“elm tree”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. elm tree

Readings

  • On (unclassified): (yu)
  • Kun: にれ (nire, )
  • Nanori: にれ (nire)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
にれ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
 ニレ on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(にれ) or (ニレ) (nire

  1. elm

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(yu) (hangeul , revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

  1. (느릅나무): elm tree