梔

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 栀

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhī
Cantonese: zi1
JapaneseKun: KUCHINASHI
JapaneseOn: SHI
Korean: CHI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gardenia

CE-Dict: gardenia/cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)/same as 栀子

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Botany] Cape jasmine

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》梔木實可染。从木巵聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】梔
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤章移切，音支。【說文】黄木可染。【博雅·釋木】梔子，㮁桃也。【唐本草】一名木丹，一名越桃。【圖經】生南陽川谷，今南方及西蜀州郡皆有之。木高七八尺，葉似李而堅硬，二三月生白花，夏秋結實如訶子狀，生靑熟黃，中仁深紅。　又名鮮支。【司馬相如·上林賦】鮮支黃礫。　又梔之花葉差大者，謂之林蘭。【謝靈運·山居賦】林蘭近雪而揚猗。　又作巵。【史記·貨殖傳】千畝巵茜。　又【爾雅·釋木】桑㸤有葚梔。見椹字註。
考證：〔【說文】木實可染。〕　謹照原文木實改黄木。

CF-Dict: gardénia florida

Han-De-Dict: Gardenia augusta (u.E.)