植木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うえ
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 植え (ue, planting, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 植える ueru “to plant (a seed, a plant)”) + (ki, tree or shrub).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) えき [ùékí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞kʲi]

Noun

(うえ)() • (ueki) うゑき (weki)?

  1. a planted tree or shrub, as in a garden or pot
  2. (by extension) a bonsai
  3. a live tree in general, not necessarily in a garden or pot

Synonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

(うえ)() • (Ueki) うゑき (weki)?

  1. a surname

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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