Kanji

桧

Meaning

Japanese cypress

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ひのき hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
  • ひのき がさ conical hat
  • ひのき ぶたい stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.)
  • ひ ば hinoki leaf
  • ひ おうぎ formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress
  • ひ わだぶき cypress bark roof

On'yomi

  • かい

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

桧
Japanese cypress
ひのき, ひ, カイ
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
会
meeting, meet, party...
あ.う, あ.わせる, カイ
𠆢
( 人 )
云
say
い.う, ここに, ウン
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
ふた, ふた.つ, ニ
厶
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
わたくし, ござ.る, シ
厶
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
わたくし, ござ.る, シ

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