楮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chǔ, zhū
Cantonese: cyu5
JapaneseKun: KOUZO
JapaneseOn: CHO
Korean: CE
Vietnamese: dó

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mulberry; paper

CE-Dict: Broussonetia kasinoki

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Botany] a paper mulberry

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》楮榖也。从木者聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】楮
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】丑呂切【正韻】敞呂切，𠀤音褚。【說文】榖也。【陸璣詩疏】幽州人謂之榖桑，或曰楮桑。荆、楊、交、廣謂之榖，中州人謂之楮。江南人績其皮以爲布，又擣以爲紙。【酉陽雜俎】葉有瓣曰楮，無曰構。　又楮幣，卽鈔也。宋紹興初，軍餉不繼，造此以誘商旅。【周必大·二老堂雜志】近歲用會子，乃四川交子法，特官券耳。不知何人目爲楮幣，遂入殿試御題。　又楮錢，祭祀用之。【法苑珠林】楮錢出於殷長史王璵，用以祠祭。　又【崔豹·古今註】楮實曰任。　又山名。【山海經】楮山多寓木。　【又唐韻】當古切【集韻】董五切，𠀤音堵。木名。　又【集韻】【類篇】櫧或作楮。

Japanese Places Kouzu (loc)

こうぞ
Kouzo (loc)

CF-Dict: mûrier/papier

Han-De-Dict: Broussonetia kazinoki (u.E.)