橘
See also: 桔
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Translingual
Han character
橘 (radical 75, 木+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 木弓竹月 (DNHB), four-corner 47927, composition ⿰木矞)
References
- KangXi: page 553, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15551
- Dae Jaweon: page 942, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1297, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6A58
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
橘 | |
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| alt. forms | 桔 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 橘 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (矞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 瞲 | *qʰʷilʔ, *qʰʷids, *qʰʷiːd |
| 璚 | *ɡʷeŋ |
| 劀 | *kʷriːd, *kʷreːd |
| 鱊 | *kʷriːd, *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid |
| 譎 | *kʷiːd |
| 潏 | *kʷiːd, *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid |
| 鐍 | *kʷiːd |
| 憰 | *kʷiːd |
| 噊 | *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid |
| 驈 | *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid |
| 橘 | *kʷid |
| 繘 | *kʷid, *ɢʷid |
| 獝 | *qʰʷid |
| 燏 | *ɢʷid |
| 遹 | *ɢʷid |
| 鷸 | *ɢʷid |
| 矞 | *ɢʷid |
| 霱 | *ɢʷid |
Pronunciation
Definitions
橘
Usage notes
See 桔.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
橘
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 橘皮 (kigawa, the peel of the tachibana fruit)
- 橘家神道 (Kikke Shintō)
- 橘中の楽しみ (kitchū no tanoshimi)
- 温州橘 (Unshū-kitsu, alternative name for Citrus unshiu)
- 柑橘 (kankitsu), 柑橘類 (kankitsu-rui, citrus fruits as a whole)
- 月橘 (gekkitsu, “orange jessamine”, Murraya paniculata)
- 源平藤橘 (Genpeitōkitsu, the four major clans in the Nara period: Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara and Tachibana)
- 香橘 (kōkitsu)
- 四季橘 (shiki-kitsu, “calamondin”, Citrus × microcarpa)
- 臭橘 (shūkitsu, alternative name for the trifoliate orange)
- 盧橘 (rokitsu)
- 金橘 (kinkan)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 橘 |
| たちばな Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
/tadibana/ → /tatibana/ → /tat͡ɕibana/
Named after 田道間守 (Tajimamori, “Tajimamori”), a legendary figure mentioned in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki; purportedly bringing back certain fruits, but not directly as tachibana by name.
Shortened to tachi for some compounds.
Pronunciation
Noun
橘 (hiragana たちばな, katakana タチバナ, rōmaji tachibana)
- Citrus tachibana, a species of wild, green, inedible citrus fruit native to Japan
- Synonym: 大和橘 (Yamato tachibana)
- Hypernym: 蜜柑 (mikan)
- Synonym of 唐橘 (kara-tachibana): the trifoliate orange, Citrus trifoliata, formerly Poncirus trifoliata
- (historical) generic name for citrus fruits, usually eaten raw
- name of a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), with designs of tachibana flowers, fruits, and leaves
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as タチバナ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 橘を (tachibana o, pillow word)
- 橘神道 (Tachibana Shintō)
- 橘寺 (Tachibana-dera)
- 橘鳥 (tachibana-dori, “lesser cuckoo”)
- 橘擬 (tachibanamodoki, Pyracantha angustifolia)
- 橘屋 (Tachibana-ya)
- 橘焼, 橘焼き (tachibana-yaki)
- 橘湾 (Tachibana-wan)
- 右近の橘 (Ukon no Tachibana), 御階の橘 (Mihashi no Tachibana)
- 弟橘媛 (Ototachibana-hime), 橘媛 (Tachibanahime)
- 枸橘 (karatachi, “trifoliate orange”, Citrus trifoliata)
- 唐橘 (kara-tachibana)
- 草橘 (kusa-tachibana)
- 御前橘 (Gozen tachibana)
- 酢橘 (sudachi, “sudachi”, Citrus sudachi)
- 大明橘 (Taimin-tachibana, “Myrsine neriifolia”)
- 花橘 (hana-tachibana)
- 姫橘 (hime-tachibana)
- 山橘 (yama-tachibana)
- 大和橘 (Yamato tachibana)
Idioms
- 江南の橘江北の枳となる (Kōnan no tachibana Kōhoku no karatachi to naru)
Proper noun
橘 (hiragana たちばな, rōmaji Tachibana)
- Short for 橘氏 (Tachibana uji): name of an ancient clan, who often held high-ranking positions in the medieval Japanese court
- name of one of two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (see
- name of a class of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see
- A surname.
橘 (hiragana たち, rōmaji Tachi)
- A surname.
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 橘 (MC kiuɪt̚).
Proper noun
橘 (hiragana きち, rōmaji Kichi)
- a surname.
橘 (hiragana きつ, rōmaji Kitsu)
- a female given name.
- a surname.
References
Korean
Hanja
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