植木

植木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
植	木
うえ Grade: 3	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 植え (ue, “planting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 植える ueru “to plant (a seed, a plant)”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree or shrub”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うえき [ùékí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞kʲi]

Noun

植木 (hiragana うえき, rōmaji ueki, historical hiragana うゑき)

1. a planted tree or shrub, as in a garden or pot
2. by extension, a bonsai
3. a live tree in general, not necessarily in a garden or pot

Synonyms

• (planted tree): 庭木 (にわき) (niwaki): a tree growing in a garden or yard
• (live tree): 立ち木, 立木 (たちき) (tachiki): literally, a “standing tree”
• (bonsai): 盆栽 (ぼんさい) (bonsai)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 植木市 (うえきいち) (ueki ichi): a plant market or fair
• 植木算 (うえきざん) (uekizan): “potted-plant calculation”: a kind of algebra problem concerning a set of evenly spaced potted plants, telephone poles, or similar objects, wherein the problem gives any two of the interval between items, total number of items, or total distance, and the solver is asked to calculate the missing data
• 植木師 (うえきし) (uekishi): a professional gardener or landscaper
• 植木店 (うえきだな) (uekidana): a plant store, a plant nursery; Edo-period slang for a neighborhood in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, so called for the concentration of plant nurseries
• 植木鋏 (うえきばさみ) (uekibasami): garden shears, pruning shears
• 植木鉢 (うえきばち) (uekibachi): a flowerpot, a pot for planting
• 植木屋 (うえきや) (uekiya): a store selling potted plants; a professional gardener or landscaper

Proper noun

植木 (hiragana うえき, rōmaji Ueki, historical hiragana うゑき)

1. A surname​.

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN