柏

See also: 栢

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 木 + phonetic 白 – a kind of tree.

Han character

柏 (radical 75 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木竹日 (DHA), four-corner 4690₀, composition ⿰木白)

1. cypress, cedar
2. a surname

References

• KangXi: page 518, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14617
• Dae Jaweon: page 906, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1185, character 3
• Unihan data for U+67CF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

柏 (Jyutping baak3, paak3, Yale baak3, paak3)

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Japanese

Kanji

柏

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. oak
2. (rare) Japanese nutmeg yew, kaya, Torreya nucifera

Readings

• Goon: ひゃく (hyaku)
• Kan’on: はく (haku)
• Kun: かしわ (kashiwa), かえ (kae) (archaic), かや (rare)
• Nanori: かい (kai), かし (kashi), かしわ (kashiwa)

Noun

柏 (hiragana かしわ, katakana カシワ, romaji kashiwa)

1. oak

Proper noun

柏 (hiragana かしわ, romaji Kashiwa)

1. a place name, such as that of Kashiwa City in Chiba Prefecture
2. A female given name

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Korean

Hanja

柏 (baek) (hangeul 백, revised baek, McCune-Reischauer paek, Yale payk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

柏 (Pinyin bǎi (bai3), bó (bo2), bò (bo4), Wade-Giles pai³, po², po⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

柏 (bách, bá)

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