榎

榎 (radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木一山水 (DMUE), four-corner 4194₇, composition ⿰木夏)

• KangXi: page 542, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15219
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1263, character 2
• Unihan data for U+698E

榎

1. The Manchurian catalpa, Catalpa bungei.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: え (e, 榎); えのき (enoki, 榎)

榎 (e, enoki): the Chinese hackberry tree.

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation of this e. Some of these include:

• From 枝 (e, eda, “branch”), from the many branches
• From 餌 (e, esa, “food for animals”), from the multitude of berries eaten by birds
• From 柄 (e, “handle”), from the way the wood was used for tool handles

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [e̞]

榎 (hiragana え, rōmaji e)

1. Celtis sinensis, the Chinese hackberry tree

   Synonym: 榎 (enoki) (see below)

2. (rare) the Chinese hackberry fruit

   Synonym: 榎の実 (e no mi, enoki no mi)

This reading is generally not used in isolation in modern Japanese.

Compound of 榎 (e, “Chinese hackberry”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”). Compare the similar formation of various other tree names, such as 楠 (kusu, “camphor; camphor tree”) and 楠 (kusunoki, “camphor tree”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) えのき [ènókí] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞no̞kʲi]

• 朴

榎 (hiragana えのき, katakana エノキ, rōmaji enoki)

1. Celtis sinensis, the Chinese hackberry tree

榎 (hiragana えのき, rōmaji Enoki)

1. a surname

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as エノキ.

Etymology at Nihonjiten (in Japanese)

榎 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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