楝

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liàn
Cantonese: lin6
JapaneseKun: OUCHI
JapaneseOn: REN
Korean: LYEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: Melia japonica

CE-Dict: Melia japonica

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of tree; a chinaberry

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: Chinaberry - 林

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Melia azedarach L.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》楝木也。从木柬聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】楝
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤郞電切，音鍊。【說文】木也。【爾雅翼】木高丈餘，葉密如槐而尖，三四月開花，紅紫色，實如小鈴，名金鈴子。俗謂之苦楝，亦曰含鈴。子可以楝，故名。　又【淮南子·時則訓】七月官庫其樹楝。【註】楝實，鳳凰所食。　又【東臯雜錄】花信風、梅花風最先，楝花風最後。凡二十四番，以爲寒絕。　又【荆楚歲時記】蛟龍畏楝，故端午以楝葉包糉，投江中祭屈原。　又與欄通。詳欄字註。

CF-Dict: lilas