橘 — kanji meaning “mandarin orange”
橘
mandarin orange
- Meanings
- mandarin orange
- On'yomi
- キツ (kitsu)
- Kun'yomi
- たちばな
- Name readings
- きっ
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2053 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- jú — Chinese character page
Words with 橘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柑橘類 | かんきつるい kankitsurui | citrus; citrus fruit |
| 柑橘 | かんきつ kankitsu | citrus; citrus fruit |
| 枸橘 | からたち karatachi | trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata); hardy orange |
| 酸橘 | すだち sudachi | sudachi (species of Japanese citrus, Citrus sudachi) |
| 橘鳥 | たちばなどり tachibanadori | lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 右近の橘 | うこんのたちばな ukonnotachibana | tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace) |
| 橘月 | たちばなづき tachibanazuki | fifth lunar month |
| 橘神道 | たちばなしんとう tachibanashintou | Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana) |
| 臭橘 | しゅうきつ shuukitsu | trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata); hardy orange |
| 橘飩 | きっとん kitton | mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans) |
| 御前橘 | ごぜんたちばな gozentachibana | Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis); bunchberry dogwood; crackerberry |
| 花橘 | はなたちばな hanatachibana | blooming tachibana; tachibana flower |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.