Translingual

Han character

枌 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木金尸竹 (DCSH), four-corner 4892₇, composition ⿰木分)

References

• KangXi: page 515, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14534
• Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1173, character 4
• Unihan data for U+678C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 枌
Small seal script

Pronunciation

Definitions

枌

1. variety of elm with small seeds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a wooden shake (as used in roofing)
2. a pine tree (rare)

Readings

• Goon: ぶん (bun)
• Kan’on: ふん (fun)
• Kun: そぎ (sogi), まつ (matsu)
• Nanori: すぎ (sugi), へぎ (hegi)

枌: sogi on a roof

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of 枌板, 削板 ‎(sogiita), itself a compound of 削ぎ ‎(sogi, “shaving, chipping”, stem noun form of verb 削ぐ ‎(sogu), “to chip or shave off”) + 板 ‎(ita, “board, plank”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [so̞ɡi], [so̞ŋi]

Alternative forms

• 削, 削ぎ

Noun

枌 ‎(hiragana そぎ, romaji sogi, historical hiragana そき)

1. a wooden shake or large shingle: a thin board or plank of wood chipped or shaved off a larger piece and used as roofing or siding

Synonyms

• 削ぎ板, 削板, 殺ぎ板, 殺板, 枌板 ‎(そぎいた, sogiita; そぎた, sogita)

Related terms

• 杮 ‎(こけら, kokera): wood chips; a shingle (smaller than a sogi)
• 杮葺 ‎(こけらぶき, kokerabuki): shingling; a shingled roof

Etymology 2

Uncommon alternate spelling for 松 ‎(matsu, “pine tree”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɯᵝ], [ma̠t͡sɯ̥ᵝ]

Noun

枌 ‎(hiragana まつ, romaji matsu)

1. Alternative spelling of 松 (rare) a pine tree

Usage notes

Seldom used. The spelling 松 is much more common.

Korean

Hanja

枌 • ‎(bun) (hangeul 분, revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: phần

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References

• Nom Foundation