漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
椿: camellia
JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 春 is drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
つばきtsubaki · kun'yomi · on its own
- 椿つばきcommon camellia (Camellia japonica)
- 寒椿かんつばきcamellia-like plant native to China
- 椿油つばきあぶらtea seed oil; camellia oil
Also read チン, チュン, 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
Also read チン
10 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chūn
Same form: 椿 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 椿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 椿 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chūn 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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