椿

Translingual

Han character

椿 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木手大日 (DQKA), four-corner 4596₃, composition ⿰木春)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15090
• Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1242, character 8
• Unihan data for U+693F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		椿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
躉	*tuːnʔ
窀	*rduːn, *duːn, *tun
沌	*donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
盹	*tuːnʔ, *tjuns
頓	*tuːns
扽	*tuːns
黗	*tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
吨	*tʰuːnʔ
屯	*duːn, *tun
飩	*duːn
豘	*duːn
軘	*duːn
坉	*duːn
邨	*duːn, *stʰuːn
忳	*duːn
芚	*duːn
庉	*duːn, *duːnʔ
囤	*duːnʔ
迍	*tun
杶	*tʰun
瑃	*tʰun
椿	*tʰun
偆	*tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
肫	*tjun
訰	*tjun, *tjuns
純	*tjunʔ, *djun
春	*tʰjun
蠢	*tʰjunʔ
踳	*tʰjunʔ
惷	*tʰjunʔ
蒓	*djun
賰	*hljunʔ
鬊	*hljuns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūn (chun¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thun / chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹
    • Yale: chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuen
    • Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceon¹
    • Yale: chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thun
    • Tâi-lô: thun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: twn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun
    • Tâi-lô: tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 椿
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/ /t͡sʰuən²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuẽ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰẽ²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕʰyn⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰuən⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰuen⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰun³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰuən²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰəŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰz̩ʷen³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰyʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰyan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰyn³³/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕʰyn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰun⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/tʃʰun²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰøn⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰøn⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tʰun⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰuŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sun²³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhwin

Rime
Character	椿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑倫切
Baxter	trhwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰwin/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiuĕn/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭuĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceon1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	椿
Reading #	1/1
No.	12566
Phonetic component	屯
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	椿
Old Chinese	/*tʰun/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 椿

1. Chinese toon (), a type of tree that blooms white flowers in the summer and has edible leaves
2. tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
3. (figurative) father
4. of advanced age

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01757

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Japanese

Kanji

椿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. Chinese mahogany ()
2. unexpected
3. camellia

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅん (chun)^{←ちゆん (tyun, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅん (chun)^{←ちゆん (tyun, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: つばき (tsubaki, 椿)

Compounds

Compouds

• 椿事(ちんじ) (chinji)
• 椿寿(ちんじゅ) (chinju)
• 椿説(ちんせつ) (chinsetsu)
• 椿庭(ちんてい) (chintei)
• 椿堂(ちんどう) (chindō)
• 椿葉(ちんよう) (chin'yō)
• 椿嶺(ちんれい) (chinrei)
• 大椿(だいちん) (Daichin)
• 椿象(カメムシ) (kamemushi)
• 香(チャン)椿(チン) (chanchin)
• 菜椿象(ナガメ) (nagame)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
椿
つばき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

• 山茶, 海石榴

Etymology

⟨tubaki₁⟩ → */tubakʲi/ → /t͡subaki/

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

椿(つばき) or 椿(ツバキ) • (tsubaki) 

1. a camellia, especially the Japanese camellia, Camellia japonica
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 1, poem 73:
     , text here

     吾妹(わぎも)子乎(こを)早(はや)見(み)濱風(はまかぜ)倭(やまと)有(なる)吾(＊)松(まつ)椿(つばき)不吹有(ふかざる)勿(な)勤(ゆめ) [Man'yōgana]

     我妹(わぎも)子(こ)を早(はや)見(み)浜風(はまかぜ)大和(やまと)なる我(あ)を松(まつ)椿(つばき)吹(ふ)かざるなゆめ [Modern spelling]

     wagimoko o hayami hamakaze Yamato naru a o matsu tsubaki fukazaru na yume

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   Synonym: 山茶 (sancha)

   Hyponyms: 藪椿 (yabu tsubaki), 雪椿 (yuki tsubaki)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 椿(つばき)油(あぶら) (tsubaki abura)
• 椿市(つばいち) (Tsubaichi)
• 椿(つばき)灰(ばい) (tsubaki-bai)
• 椿(つばき)姫(ひめ) (Tsubaki-hime)
• 椿(つばき)餅(もち) (tsubaki mochi), 椿(つばい)餅(もちい) (tsubai mochii)
• 椿(つばき)桃(もも) (tsubakimomo), 椿(つばい)桃(もも) (tsubaimomo)
• 落(お)ち椿(つばき) (ochitsubaki)
• 乙(オト)女(メ)椿(ツバキ) (otome tsubaki)
• 唐(から)椿(つばき) (kara-tsubaki)
• 寒(カン)椿(ツバキ) (kantsubaki)
• 玉(たま)椿(つばき) (tama tsubaki)
• 列列(つらつら)椿(つばき) (tsuratsura tsubaki)
• 唐(トウ)椿(ツバキ) (tō-tsubaki)
• 夏(ナツ)椿(ツバキ) (natsu tsubaki)
• 花(はな)椿(つばき) (hana tsubaki)
• 浜(はま)椿(つばき) (hama tsubaki)
• 姫(ひめ)椿(つばき) (hime-tsubaki)
• 冬(ふゆ)椿(つばき) (fuyu tsubaki)
• 藪(ヤブ)椿(ツバキ) (yabu tsubaki)
• 山(やま)椿(つばき) (yama tsubaki)
• 雪(ユキ)椿(ツバキ) (yuki tsubaki)
• 斎(ゆ)つ真(ま)椿(つばき) (yu tsu ma-tsubaki)

See also

• 山茶花(サザンカ) (sazanka)
• 茶(チャ) (cha), 茶(ちゃ)の木(き) (cha no ki)

Proper noun

椿(つばき) • (Tsubaki) 

1. a place name
3. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

椿 • (chun) (hangeul 춘, revised chun, McCune–Reischauer ch'un, Yale chwun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 椿 (xoan, xuân, dăng)

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