# 樒

| 樒 | U+6A12, &#27154; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A12 |
| ← 樑 [U+6A11] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 樓 → [U+6A13] |

## Translingual
### Han character

樒 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木十心山 (DJPU), composition ⿰木密)
* Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 549, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15428
* Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1284, character 14
* Unihan data for U+6A12

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 泌 | *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 秘 | *mpriɡs |
| 毖 | *priɡs |
| 閟 | *priɡs |
| 柲 | *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鉍 | *priɡs, *priɡ |
| 邲 | *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 覕 | *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ |
| 咇 | *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 苾 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 馝 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 飶 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鴓 | *mbliːɡ |
| 鮅 | *pliɡ, *bliɡ |
| 必 | *pliɡ |
| 珌 | *pliɡ |
| 佖 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 駜 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 怭 | *bliɡ |
| 妼 | *bliɡ |
| 宓 | *mriɡ, *mliɡ |
| 樒 | *mriɡ |
| 密 | *mriɡ |
| 蔤 | *mriɡ |
| 滵 | *mriɡ |
| 蜜 | *mliɡ |
| 謐 | *mliɡ |
| 榓 | *mliɡ |
| 淧 | *mliɡ |
| 瑟 | *smriɡ, *smriɡ |
| 璱 | *sriɡ |
| 飋 | *sriɡ |
| 虙 | *blɯɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mì (mi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$
*** Yale: maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: mit
Rime :
| Character | 樒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (49) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 美畢切 |
| Baxter | mit |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mjit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mjĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mriɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 樒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 590 |
| Phonetic component | 必 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 密 |
| Old Chinese | /*mriɡ/ |
| Notes | 同榓 |

### Definitions

樒
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a tree resembling Chinese scholar tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) with fragrant wood

#### References

* (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 131

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: みつ (mitsu)
* Kan-on: びつ (bitsu)
* Kun: じんこう (jinkō, 樒)、しきみ (shikimi, 樒)、しきび (shikibi, 樒)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 樒
* しきみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 櫁 梻

### Noun

樒(しきみ) or 樒(シキミ) or 樒(しきび) or 樒(シキビ) • (shikimi or shikibi)
* Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a highly toxic tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves
* Synonym of 沈香 (jinkō, “agarwood”)

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シキミ.

#### Derived terms

* 烏樒(カラスシキミ) (karasushikimi)
* 蔓樒(ツルシキミ) (tsurushikimi)
* 唐樒(トウシキミ) (tōshikimi)

## Korean
### Hanja

樒 (eum 밀 (mil))
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