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Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木十心山 (DJPU), composition)

  1. Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves

References

  • KangXi: page 549, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15428
  • Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1284, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+6A12

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
*mpriɡs
*priɡs
*priɡs
*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
*priɡs, *priɡ
*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
*mbliːɡ
*pliɡ, *bliɡ
*pliɡ
*pliɡ
*bliɡ, *briɡ
*bliɡ, *briɡ
*bliɡ
*bliɡ
*mriɡ, *mliɡ
*mriɡ
*mriɡ
*mriɡ
*mriɡ
*mliɡ
*mliɡ
*mliɡ
*mliɡ
*smriɡ, *smriɡ
*sriɡ
*sriɡ
*blɯɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (49)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjit̚/
Li
Rong
/mjĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 590
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mriɡ/
Notes

Definitions

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References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Noun

(hiragana しきみ, katakana シキミ, romaji shikimi)

  1. シキミ: Japanese star anise, a highly toxic tree

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as シキミ.


Korean

Hanja

(mil) (hangeul , revised mil, McCune-Reischauer mil, Yale mil)

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