榊

榊

榊 U+698A, 榊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-698A ← 榉 [U+6989] CJK Unified Ideographs 榋 → [U+698B]

Translingual

Han character

榊 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木戈火中 (DIFL), composition ⿰木神)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 546, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1256, character 6
• Unihan data for U+698A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		榊

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 榊 (sakaki).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 神 (shén).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shén (shen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shén
    • Wade–Giles: shên²
    • Yale: shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴
    • Yale: sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹/

Definitions

榊

1. Cleyera japonica

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Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

榊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Kun: さかき (sakaki, 榊)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
榊
さかき Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
賢木

The initial saka is cognate with verb 栄える (sakaeru, “to prosper, thrive”), while the final ki is definitely 木 (ki, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) さかき [sàkákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ka̠kʲi]

Noun

榊(さかき) • (sakaki) 

1. Cleyera japonica, a species of tree considered sacred in Shinto
2. any evergreen tree planted within precincts of a Shinto shrine

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 賢木(さかき) (Sakaki, tenth chapter of The Tale of Genji)
• 榊(さかき)入(い)り (sakaki-iri)
• 榊(さかき)舁(か)き (sakaki-kaki)
• 榊(サカキ)蔓(カズラ) (sakakikazura)
• 榊(さかき)葉(ば) (sakakiba)
• 榊(さかき)原(ばら) (Sakakibara)
• 柃(ヒサカキ) (hisakaki)
• 真(ま)榊(さかき) (ma-sakaki)

Proper noun

榊(さかき) • (Sakaki) 

1. a placename
2. a female given name
3. a surname

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN