梖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bèi
Cantonese: bui3
JapaneseKun: BAITARA
JapaneseOn: HAI
Vietnamese: vối

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a palm-tree

Soothill: pattra (पत्त्र); 梖多葉 the palm-leaves used for writing; the梖多樹 is erroneously said to be the borassus flabelliformis, described as 60 or 70 feet high, not deciduous, the bark used for writing.

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】梖
【集韻】【類篇】𠀤博蓋切，音貝。【酉陽雜俎】梖多木，出摩伽佗國，長六七丈，經冬不彫，取其皮書之。本作貝。俗作梖。【廣州記】嵩寺忽有思惟樹，卽貝多也。有人坐貝多樹下思惟，因以名焉。【寰宇志】緬甸在滇南，有樹頭椶，高五六尺，結實如㭨子，卽貝樹也，偭人取其葉寫書。【唐·張喬·貝多樹詩】還應毫末長，始見拂丹霄。得子從西國，成隂見昔朝。餘詳貝字註。