漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
柊: holly
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 冬 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ひいらぎhiiragi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 柊ひいらぎholly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
- 柊菜ひいらぎなmizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica)
- 柊南天ひいらぎなんてんMahonia japonica; Japanese mahonia
Also read シュ, シュウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
冬
Also built on winter (冬)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side柊 holly · 木
vs終 end · 糸In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhōng
Same form: 柊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 柊 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 柊 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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