樅

See also: 枞 and 𫞋

樅	U+6A05, 樅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A05

← 樄
[U+6A04]

CJK Unified Ideographs

樆 →
[U+6A06]

Translingual

Traditional	樅
Shinjitai (extended)	𫞋
Simplified	枞

Han character

樅 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木竹人人 (DHOO), four-corner 4898₁, composition ⿰木從)

fir tree

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 549, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15404
Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1281, character 5
Unihan data for U+6A05

Chinese

trad.		樅
simp.		枞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (从) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
摐	sʰroːŋ, sʰloŋ
鏦	sʰroːŋ, sʰloŋ
豵	ʔsloːŋ, ʔsloŋ
嵸	ʔsloːŋ, ʔsloːŋʔ
蓯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
蹤	*ʔsloŋ
縱	ʔsloŋ, ʔsloŋs
樅	ʔsloŋ, sʰloŋ
磫	*ʔsloŋ
熧	*ʔsloŋ
瘲	*ʔsloŋs
暰	*sʰloŋ
瑽	*sʰloŋ
從	zloŋ, zloŋ, *zloŋs
从	*zloŋ
慫	*sloŋʔ
聳	*sloŋʔ
傱	*sloŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsloŋ, *sʰloŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 從 (OC *zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cōng (cong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cong
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹
  - Yale: tsūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsong
  - Palladius: цун (cun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cung¹
  - Yale: chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsjowng, tshjowng

Rime
Character	樅	樅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	即容切	七恭切
Baxter	tsjowng	tshjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨoŋ/	/t͡sʰɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sioŋ/	/t͡sʰioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sioŋ/	/t͡sʰioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suawŋ/	/t͡sʰuawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sioŋ/	/t͡sʰioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwoŋ/	/t͡sʰĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯woŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zōng	cōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung¹	cung¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloŋ/, /*sʰloŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樅	樅
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1845	1851
Phonetic component	从	从
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	縱	樅
Old Chinese	/*ʔsloŋ/	/*sʰloŋ/

Definitions

樅

fir tree

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zōng (zong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zong
  - Wade–Giles: tsung¹
  - Yale: dzūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzong
  - Palladius: цзун (czun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

樅

used in 樅陽／枞阳 (Zōngyáng)

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𫞋
Print standard	樅

Kanji

樅

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫞋)

fir

Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
Kun: もみ (momi, 樅)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
樅
もみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もみ [móꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [mo̞mʲi]

Noun

樅(もみ) or 樅(モミ) • (momi)

Japanese fir, Abies firma
Synonyms: 樅の木 (momi no ki), 鳳尾松 (hōbishō)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

“^▲樅”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

樅 (eum 종 (jong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樅: Hán Nôm readings: tung

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References

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