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

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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
simp. and trad.

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (sakaki).

Spelling pronunciation, as (shén).


  1. Cleyera japonica (sakaki)
Shinjitai
(extended)
Shinjitai
(extended)

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(Adobe-Japan1)
榊󠄂
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(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai
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A 国字 (kokuji, Japanese-coined character). Consists of "tree" and "god".

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Kanji in this term
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 (ki, tree).

榊(さかき) or 榊(サカキ) (sakaki

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

榊(さかき) (Sakaki

  1. a placename
  2. a female given name
  3. a surname
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN