椰
coconut tree
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
20 of 22- 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)
Study
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.