桕

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiù
Cantonese: kau5
JapaneseKun: BUNA
JapaneseOn: KYUU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: tallow tree

CE-Dict: Tallow tree/Sapium sebiferum

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】桕
【正字通】巨九切，音舅。烏桕，木名。本作烏𣓌。【唐本草】作烏臼。陳藏器云：葉可染皁。子壓爲油，塗頭令白變黑。爲燈極明。又名鵶舅。【唐·陸龜蒙·掇野疏詩】行歇每依鵶舅影，挑頻時見鼠姑心。　【廻瀾字義】𣓌，俗作桕。非。