桺

桺 U+687A, 桺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-687A ← 桹 [U+6879] CJK Unified Ideographs 桻 → [U+687B]

Translingual

Han character

桺 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木一中尸 (DMLS), composition ⿰木丣)

1. willow tree
2. pleasure

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 527, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14816
• Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1212, character 2
• Unihan data for U+687A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 木 + phonetic 丣 (OC *luʔ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 桺 – see 柳 (“willow, a member of the genus; fillet; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 柳).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01909-002

Japanese

Kanji

桺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 柳 (“willow”)

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: やなぎ (yanagi, 桺)