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Kotomora

櫚

kind of quince

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ロ
  • リョ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

櫚 refers to a specific kind of quince tree or its fruit. Its meaning is narrow and botanical, without broader abstract extensions.

Most common words using 櫚

  • 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)

Explore all words using 櫚 →

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Etymology

櫚 combines 木 (tree) with 閭, which likely contributes the sound. The character was created to name a specific tree, but the detailed historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A tree 木 with a gate-like shape 閭 on the right: imagine a quince tree growing beside a village gate, its fruit hanging over the entrance.

Reading mnemonic

For ロ, picture a row of quince trees lining a path: row -> ロ, and each tree is a 櫚.