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椰

coconut tree

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ヤ

Kun'yomi

  • やし

Meaning

椰 refers specifically to the coconut tree, a tropical palm that produces coconuts.

Most common words using 椰

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  • 椰子やし

    palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)

  • ココ椰子ココやし

    coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)

  • とっくり椰子とっくりやし

    bottle palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)

  • アレカ椰子アレカやし

    areca palm

  • サゴ椰子サゴやし

    sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)

  • テーブル椰子テーブルやし

    parlour palm (Chamaedorea elegans); neanthe bella palm; neanthe palm; dwarf fan palm

  • ニッパ椰子ニッパやし

    nipa palm

  • パルミラ椰子パルミラやし

    palmyra (Borassus flabellifer)

  • ユスラ椰子ユスラやし

    Alexander palm (Archontophoenix alexandrae); Alexandra palm; king Alexander palm; king palm; northern bangalow palm

  • ラフィア椰子ラフィアやし

    raffia palm (Raphia spp.)

  • 八重山椰子やえやまやし

    Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis); Yaeyama palm

  • 大実椰子おおみやし

    sea coconut (Lodoicea maldivica); coco de mer; double coconut

  • 大王椰子だいおうやし

    royal palm (esp. Cuban royal palm, Roystonea regia)

  • 扇椰子おうぎやし

    Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer); doub palm; toddy palm

  • 棗椰子なつめやし

    date palm (Phoenix dactylifera); date

  • 椰子蟹やしがに

    coconut crab (Birgus latro)

  • 椰子鳥やしどり

    palmchat (Dulus dominicus)

  • 椰子鸚鵡やしおうむ

    palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus); goliath cockatoo; great black cockatoo

  • 椰胡やこ

    yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)

  • 油椰子あぶらやし

    oil palm (esp. the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis)

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Etymology

椰 combines 木 (tree) with 耶, which likely contributes the sound ヤ. The character was created to represent the coconut tree.

Meaning mnemonic

The tree radical 木 beside 耶 points to a specific kind of tree: the coconut tree. Picture a palm tree with coconuts shaped like the right-side component.

Reading mnemonic

For ヤ, imagine a coconut tree swaying and saying 'Yah!' as a coconut drops: Yah -> ヤ.