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橘

JLPT N1 16 strokes Frequency: #2053

Meanings

Mandarin Orange

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿰木矞

Etymology

Pictophonetic: tree

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 diagonal top-to-bottom

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner right-to-left

6 dot right-to-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

13 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

15 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

16 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キツ kitsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

たちばな tachibana

Words Using This Kanji

15 words total

Other (15 words)

橘たちばな

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

酸橘すだち

sudachi (species of Japanese citrus, Citrus sudachi)

橘鳥たちばなどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

右近の橘うこんのたちばな

tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)

橘月たちばなづき

fifth lunar month

橘神道たちばなしんとう

Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)

臭橘しゅうきつ

trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata)

御前橘ごぜんたちばな

Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis)

花橘はなたちばな

blooming tachibana

源平藤橘げんぺいとうきつ

the Genji, Heike, Fujiwara and Tachibana clans

四季橘しききつ

Calamansi (Citrus x microcarpa)

月橘ゲッキツ

orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)

橘女子大学たちばなじょしだいがく

Tachibana Women's University

京都橘女子大学きょうとたちばなじょしだいがく

Kyoto Tachibana Women's University

京都橘大学きょうとたちばなだいがく

Kyoto Tachibana University

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