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椿
椿
Translingual
Han character
椿 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木手大日 (DQKA), four-corner 45963, composition ⿰木春)
References
- KangXi: page 538, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15090
- Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1242, character 8
- Unihan data for U+693F
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
椿 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (屯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 躉 | *tuːnʔ |
| 窀 | *rduːn, *duːn, *tun |
| 沌 | *donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 盹 | *tuːnʔ, *tjuns |
| 頓 | *tuːns |
| 扽 | *tuːns |
| 黗 | *tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ |
| 吨 | *tʰuːnʔ |
| 屯 | *duːn, *tun |
| 飩 | *duːn |
| 豘 | *duːn |
| 軘 | *duːn |
| 坉 | *duːn |
| 邨 | *duːn, *stʰuːn |
| 忳 | *duːn |
| 芚 | *duːn |
| 庉 | *duːn, *duːnʔ |
| 囤 | *duːnʔ |
| 迍 | *tun |
| 杶 | *tʰun |
| 瑃 | *tʰun |
| 椿 | *tʰun |
| 偆 | *tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ |
| 肫 | *tjun |
| 訰 | *tjun, *tjuns |
| 純 | *tjunʔ, *djun |
| 春 | *tʰjun |
| 蠢 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 踳 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 惷 | *tʰjunʔ |
| 蒓 | *djun |
| 賰 | *hljunʔ |
| 鬊 | *hljuns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ
- Wade-Giles: ch'un1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuen
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ceon1
- Yale: chēun
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen1
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰɵn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 椿 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/ /t͡sʰuən²¹/ |
|
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰuẽ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰuən²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /p͡fʰẽ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /p͡fʰə̃n³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sʰuən⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡sʰuen⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰun³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡sʰuŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sʰũŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰəŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡sʰən⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡sʰz̩ʷen³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰyʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰyan¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕʰyn³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡ɕʰyn³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰun⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /tʃʰun²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰøn⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sʰøn⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /tʰun⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sʰuŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /sun²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 椿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 諄 (47) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丑倫切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʈʰiuɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʈʰʷin/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȶʰjuen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʈʰwin/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȶʰiuĕn/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȶʰĭuĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȶʰi̯uĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chūn |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 椿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12566 |
| Phonetic component |
屯 |
| Rime group |
文 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
椿 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tʰun/ |
Definitions
椿
- Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), a type of tree that blooms white flowers in the summer and has edible leaves
- tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- (figuratively) father
- of advanced age
See also
- 香椿
References
- 椿 in CEDICT on MDBG
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
Japanese
Kanji
椿
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Noun
椿 (hiragana つばき, katakana ツバキ, romaji tsubaki)
- ツバキ: camellia
Proper noun
椿 (hiragana つばき, romaji Tsubaki)
- A female given name.
Alternative forms
Korean
Hanja
椿 • (chun) (hangeul 춘, revised chun, McCune-Reischauer ch'un, Yale chwun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
椿 (xoan, xuân, dăng)
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