柊

9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

holly

Kun'yomi
  • ひいらぎ
    		holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus) ②holly ③spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
On'yomi
  • シュ
  • シュウ

Main Radical

木(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ひいらぎ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

holly
ひいらぎ　シュ　シュウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
winter
ふゆ　トウ (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)

Common Words

ひいらぎ
柊
なん
南
てん
天
Mahonia japonica
ひいらぎ
柊
な
菜
mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica)
ひいらぎ
柊
いわし
鰯
sardine and holly charm
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References

Unicode hex code 67CA
JIS X 0208 1-41-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2221
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2614
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1119
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 608
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 807
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2485
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2548
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 860
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14610X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2105
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2034
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a5.24
Four corner code 4793.3