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椎 means 'beech tree'
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ツイ
Additional readings
On スイ
Kun つち うつ しい
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This kanji yokes two very disconnected topics. With its on-yomi, 椎 primarily represents “spine,” so it appears in terms related to vertebrae, spinal diseases, and disc herniation. But with its kun-yomi, 椎 means “Castanopsis,” a type of tree. In that world we discover delicious nuts that look like acorns and even find our way to shiitake mushrooms, which grow on Castanopsis logs.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 椎 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 椎 is used 36 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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noun
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
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noun
Castanopsis cuspidata (species of chinquapin) (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
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