檉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 柽
Variants: 柳

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chēng
Cantonese: cing1
JapaneseKun: KAWARAYANAGI
JapaneseOn: TEI CHOU
Korean: CENG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: type of willow; tamarisk

CE-Dict: tamarisk

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a tamarisk

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》檉河柳也。从木聖聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】檉
【唐韻】丑貞切【集韻】【韻會】癡貞切【正韻】丑成切，𠀤音頳。【說文】河柳也。【詩·大雅】其檉其椐。【爾雅翼】檉葉細如絲，婀娜可愛，天之將雨，檉先起氣以應之，故一名雨師，而字从聖。　又【酉陽雜俎】涼州有赤白檉。　又檉樹，一年三秀。【本草衍義】謂之三春柳。　又【張衡·南都賦註】檉似柏而香，今檉中有脂，號檉乳。　又【詩疏廣要】檉非獨知雨，又能負霜雪。大寒不凋，有異餘柳。【梁江淹·檉頌】木貴冬榮，檉實寒色。　又地名。【春秋·僖元年】公會齊侯、宋公、鄭伯、曹伯、邾人于檉。

CF-Dict: tamaris/æ½ æ³