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U 698E, 榎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-698E

[U 698D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U 698F]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, 10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木一山水 (DMUE), four-corner 41947, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 542, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15219
  • Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1263, character 2
  • Unihan data for U 698E

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨX/
Li
Rong
/kaX/
Wang
Li
/kaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kaX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaa2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13449
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. Manchurian catalpa (Catalpa bungei)
    Synonym: (qiū)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: (ka)
  • Kun: (e, )えのき (enoki, )

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
  on Japanese Wikipedia
 Celtis sinensis on Wikipedia
(e, enoki): the Chinese hackberry tree.

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation of this e. Some of these include:

  • From (e, eda, branch), from the many branches
  • From (e, esa, food for animals), from the multitude of berries eaten by birds
  • From (e, handle), from the way the wood was used for tool handles

Pronunciation

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Noun

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() (e

  1. Celtis sinensis, the Chinese hackberry tree
    Synonym: (see below) (enoki)
  2. (rare) the Chinese hackberry fruit
    Synonym: 榎の実 (e no mi, enoki no mi)
Usage notes
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This reading is generally not used in isolation in modern Japanese.

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
えのき
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings

𪱻

Compound of (e, Chinese hackberry) (no, possessive particle) (ki, tree). Compare the similar formation of various other tree names, such as (kusu, camphor; camphor tree) and (kusunoki, camphor tree).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(えのき) or (エノキ) (enoki

  1. Celtis sinensis, the Chinese hackberry tree
Usage notes
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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as エノキ.

Proper noun

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(えのき) (Enoki

  1. a surname


References

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  1. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 16, poem 3872:
    , text here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Further reading

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Etymology at Nihonjiten (in Japanese)

Korean

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Hanja

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(ga) (hangeul , revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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