賢木

Japanese
Kanji in this term
賢 木
Grade: S き
Grade: 1
irregular kun’yomi

Etymology 1

See 榊 (sakaki).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さかき [sàkákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ka̠kʲi]

Proper noun

賢木(さかき) • (Sakaki) 

  1. the tenth chapter of The Tale of Genji

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 賢木 – see the following entry.
【榊さかき】J
[noun] a tree of species Cleyera japonica, considered sacred in Shinto
[noun] any evergreen tree planted within precincts of a Shinto shrine
[proper noun] a placename
[proper noun] a female given name
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spelling
サカキ
(This term, 賢木, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Derived terms
  • 真(ま)賢木(さかき) (ma-sakaki)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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