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椿
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plant

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Plants
chūn
チン、チュン
つばき
춘
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 春 represents the sound.
Components
木 tree+ 春 springtime =
椿 plant
木 Meaning component
mù tree
春 Phonetic component
chūn springtime
old variant of 春[chūn]
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Notes
Similar Characters
乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects果 fruit枼 table某 such and such柰 crab-apple tree
Chinese
椿 [chūn]
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); (literary metaphor) father
Japanese
椿 、 山茶 、 海石榴 つばき 、 さんちゃ 、 ツバキ 同音

noun

  1. common camellia (Camellia japonica)
  2. archaic tea produced in the mountains
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
お茶の木はツバキの一種です。
The tea tree is a kind of camellia.
Japanese Names
椿 たかつばき
Takatsubaki surname
椿 つばき
Tsubaki place namesurnamefemale given name
椿 つばきざき
Tsubakizaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (2)
香椿 [xiāng​chūn] #18,258
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable
椿象 [chūn​xiàng] #65,462
stink bug
JAPANESE WORDS (28)
⭐ 椿 [つばき] #15,614
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
珍事 [ちんじ] #51,254
strange incident
寒椿 [かんつばき] #100,143
camellia-like plant native to China
珍説 [ちんせつ] #108,218
odd theory
椿油 [つばきあぶら] #116,816
tea seed oil
山椿 [やまつばき] #147,369
mountain camellia
香椿 [ちゃんちん] #192,310
Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis)
藪椿 [やぶつばき] #196,436
wild camellia (Camellia japonica)
乙女椿 [おとめつばき] #209,562
otome camellia (Camellia japonica f. otome)
夏椿 [なつつばき] #211,308
Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
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