楠

See also: 枏

楠 U+6960, 楠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6960 ← 楟 [U+695F] CJK Unified Ideographs 楡 → [U+6961]

Translingual

Han character

楠 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 木十月十 (DJBJ), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿰木南)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15152
• Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1244, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6960

Chinese

simp. and trad.		楠
alternative forms		枏 柟

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
南	*nuːm
楠	*nuːm
腩	*nuːmʔ
湳	*nuːmʔ
揇	*nuːmʔ
萳	*nuːmʔ
罱	*ruːmʔ
喃	*rnuːm
諵	*rnuːm, *rnuːms

Vulgarized from 枏. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuːm): semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + phonetic 南 (OC *nuːm).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nán (nan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ / nam⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nán
    • Wade–Giles: nan²
    • Yale: nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
    • Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naam⁴
    • Yale: nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm
    • Tâi-lô: lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laam
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ / nam⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm / nâm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵/, /nam⁵⁵/

Note:

• lam5 - Chaozhou;
• nam5 - Shantou.

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• Middle Chinese: nom

Rime
Character	楠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	那含切
Baxter	nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/nəm/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəm/
Li Rong	/nᴀm/
Wang Li	/nɒm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楠
Reading #	1/1
No.	9356
Phonetic component	南
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	南
Old Chinese	/*nuːm/
Notes	見屍子俗同柟

Etymology 1

Definitions

楠

1. nanmu tree (Machilus nanmu or Phoebe zhennan)
2. name of various species of Phoebe and Machilus
3. (dialectical, cooking, meat) brisket

Compounds

• 大葉楠 / 大叶楠
• 梓楠堤 (Zǐnándī)
• 楠木 (nánmù)
• 楠梓 (Nánzǐ, “Nanzih”)
• 楩楠 (piánnán)
• 楨楠 / 桢楠
• 楠榴
• 楠櫧林帶 / 楠槠林带 (nánzhūlíndài)
• 楠竹
• 楠西 (Nánxī)
• 石楠
• 紅楠 / 红楠
• 紫楠
• 高楠 (Gāonán)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Thai น่าน (nâan).

Alternative forms

• 難／难 (nán)

Definitions

楠

1. (～府) Nan province (of Thailand)
2. (～市) Nan city
3. (～河) Nan river

Japanese

Kanji

楠

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. camphor tree

Readings

• Go-on: なん (nan)^{←なん (nan, historical)←なむ (namu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: だん (dan)^{←だん (dan, historical)←だむ (damu, ancient)}
• Kun: くす (kusu, 楠)、くすのき (kusunoki, 楠)
• Nanori: くず (kuzu)、な (na)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
楠
くすのき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 楠 – see the following entry.

【樟くすのき】J [noun] camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora Alternative spelling クスノキ 【樟くす】J [noun] synonym of 樟 (kusu no ki, “camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora”) Alternative spelling クス

(This term, 楠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
楠
くす Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 楠 – see the following entry.

【樟くすのき】J [noun] camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora Alternative spelling クスノキ 【樟くす】J [noun] synonym of 樟 (kusu no ki, “camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora”) Alternative spelling クス

(This term, 楠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲楠”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

楠 (eum 남 (nam))

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Tày

Noun

楠 (nam)

1. Nôm form of nam (“thorn, spine”).

References

• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[2] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Vietnamese

Han character

楠: Hán Việt readings: nam
楠: Nôm readings: nêm

1. chữ Nôm form of nêm (“wedge”)