檜 — kanji meaning “Japanese cypress”
檜
Japanese cypress
- Meanings
- Japanese cypress
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)
- Kun'yomi
- ひのき、ひ
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2090 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- guì, huì, kuài — Chinese character page
Words with 檜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唐檜 | とうひ touhi | spruce tree (esp. Picea jezoensis hondoensis, a variety of Ezo spruce) |
| 檜舞台 | ひのきぶたい hinokibutai | stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.) |
| 翌檜 | あすなろ asunaro | hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata) |
| 檜葉 | ひば hiba | hinoki leaf |
| 檜皮色 | ひわだいろ hiwadairo | dusky-red; color of cypress bark |
| 檜扇 | ひおうぎ hiougi | formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress |
| 大白檜曽 | おおしらびそ ooshirabiso | Maries' fir (Abies mariesii) |
| 白檜曽 | しらびそ shirabiso | Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii) |
| 白檜 | しらべ shirabe | Veitch's silver fir (Abies veitchii) |
| 檜林 | ひのきばやし hinokibayashi | cypress woodland |
| 矮鶏檜葉 | チャボひば chabohiba | Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress) |
| 黒檜 | くろべ kurobe | Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii) |
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