柘 — ja

Parts that make up 柘

How 柘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 柘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 石.

Japanese words with 柘

• 柘つみ Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis)
• 柘植つげ Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood
• 柘榴ざくろ pomegranate (Punica granatum)
• 柘榴石ざくろいし garnet
• 柘榴口ざくろぐち low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)
• 緑柘榴石みどりざくろいし grossular
• 貴柘榴石きざくろいし almandine
• 灰礬柘榴石かいばんざくろいし grossular; grossularite
• 灰鉄柘榴石かいてつざくろいし andradite
• 鉄礬柘榴石てつばんざくろいし almandine
• 苦礬柘榴石くばんざくろいし pyrope

Characters sharing the phonetic 石

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “자”

Other hanja with radical 木