櫨
wax tree, sumac
Readings
On'yomi
- ロ
Kun'yomi
- はぜ
Meaning
櫨 centers on a specific tree or its products: the wax tree (haze) and sumac, both known for yielding useful substances like wax or tannins.
Most common words using 櫨
- 黄櫨はぜのき
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
- 南京櫨なんきんはぜ
Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera)
- 夏櫨なつはぜ
oldham blueberry (Vaccinium oldhamii)
- 山櫨やまはぜ
woodland sumac (Rhus sylvestris)
- 常磐黄櫨ときわはぜ
Japanese mazus (Mazus pumilus)
- 櫨染はじぞめ
yellowish brown color (colour)
- 櫨蝋はぜろう
vegetable wax; Japan wax; sumac wax
- 香櫨園川雲雀貝こうろえんかわひばりがい
Xenostrobus securis (species of saltwater mussel)
- 黄櫨蝋はじろう
vegetable wax; Japan wax; sumac wax
Study
Etymology
櫨 combines 木 (tree) with 盧, which likely provides the sound ロ. The character was created to name the wax tree or sumac, with 木 indicating a plant and 盧 suggesting the pronunciation.
Meaning mnemonic
A tree 木 with a complex right side 盧 that looks like a container with a lid: imagine a wax tree whose sap is collected in a lidded pot to make wax.
Reading mnemonic
For ロ, picture a row of wax trees lined up neatly: row -> ロ, and each tree produces wax.