栂

栂 U+6802, 栂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6802 ← 栁 [U+6801] CJK Unified Ideographs 栃 → [U+6803]

Translingual

Han character

栂 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木田卜戈 (DWYI), composition ⿰木母)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 521, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14686
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1192, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6802

Chinese

simp. and trad.		栂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/

Definitions

栂

1. a kind of evergreen tree, hemlock, the genus Tsuga

Japanese

Kanji

栂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hemlock (tree)

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: とが (toga, 栂); つが (tsuga, 栂)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
栂
つが Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

⟨tuɡa⟩ → /t͡suɡa/

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

Appears to be an alternative phonetic realization of toga below.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つが​ [tsùgáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) つが [tsùgá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡa̠]

Noun

栂(つが) or 栂(ツガ) • (tsuga) 

1. a hemlock (tree), of the genus Tsuga

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 都(つ)賀(が) (Tsuga): a surname and place name
• 栂(つが)桜(ざくら) (tsugazakura): Phyllodoce nipponica
• 栂(つが)の木(き) (tsuganoki): a hemlock tree

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栂
とが Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

⟨to₁ɡa⟩ → /toɡa/

Alternative reconstruction:

⟨to₁ɡa⟩ → */twoɡa/ → /toɡa/

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

Appears to be an alternative phonetic realization of tsuga above.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​が [tóꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɡa̠]

Noun

栂(とが) • (toga) 

1. a hemlock (tree), of the genus Tsuga

Usage notes

Less commonly used than the tsuga reading above.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 栂(とが)椹(さわら) (togasawara): the Japanese Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga japonica)
• 栂(とが)尾(のお) (Toganoo): a place in Kyoto

Korean

Hanja

栂 • (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune–Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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