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Kotomora

棕

hemp palm

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Readings

On'yomi

  • シュ
  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

棕 refers to the hemp palm, a type of palm tree whose fibers are used like hemp.

Most common words using 棕

  • 棕櫚しゅろ

    Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm

  • 唐棕櫚とうじゅろ

    miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)

  • 棕櫚の主日しゅろのしゅじつ

    Palm Sunday

  • 棕櫚竹しゅろちく

    Rhapis humilis; rhapis

  • 棕櫚箒しゅろぼうき

    hemp-palm broom

  • 棕櫚草しゅろそう

    Veratrum maackii (species of false hellebore)

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Etymology

棕 combines 木 (tree) with 宗, which likely provides the sound. Together they indicate a type of palm tree.

Meaning mnemonic

A tree 木 with a religious sect 宗: imagine a palm tree used in temple ceremonies, its fibers woven into sacred ropes.

Reading mnemonic

For シュ, picture a shoe made of hemp palm fibers: shoe -> シュ, and the shoe is woven from the palm tree.