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camellia
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingチン、チュン
Kun readingつばき
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. camelliaRtK
  1. common camellia (Camellia japonica)
  2. tea produced in the mountains

Synonyms

ジャポニカ

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · springtime · bonsai · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1691

Compound words

夏椿なつつばき
Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
寒椿かんつばき
camellia-like plant native to China
香椿ちゃんちん
Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis)
椿事ちんじ
strange incident
椿象かめむし
shield bug
椿説ちんせつ
odd theory
椿桃つばいもも
nectarine
椿油つばきあぶら
tea seed oil
姫椿ひめつばき
Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii)
刺椿象さしがめ
assassin bug (any insect of family Reduviidae)
椿象目カメムシもく
Hemiptera
佗助椿わびすけつばき
Camellia japonica 'Wabisuke' (cultivar of common camellia)

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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