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Zach

団栗

橡

Reading

Kana: どんぐり
Romaji: donguri
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

acorn

Kanji

団
Readings: ダン、 トン、 かたまり、 まる.い
Meanings: group, association
栗
Readings: リツ、 リ、 くり、 おののく
Meaning: chestnut
橡
Readings: ショウ、 ゾウ、 とち、 くぬぎ
Meaning: horse chestnut

Example Sentences

どんぐりからオークが生(う)まれる。
➥From acorns come oaks.
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カシの大樹(たいじゅ)も小(ちい)さなドングリから育(そだ)つ。
➥Great oaks from little acorns grow.
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橡

Reading

Kana: つるばみ
Romaji: tsurubami
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima); acorn

Note: archaism
See also: 橡 (reading くぬぎ) 橡 (reading どんぐり)
2

dark grey; dark gray

Note: archaism

Kanji

橡
Readings: ショウ、 ゾウ、 とち、 くぬぎ
Meaning: horse chestnut

橡

栃、 栃の木、 橡の木、 杼

Readings

Kana: とちのき、とち、トチノキ
Romaji: tochinoki, tochi, tochinoki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

橡
Readings: ショウ、 ゾウ、 とち、 くぬぎ
Meaning: horse chestnut
栃
Reading: とち
Meanings: horse chestnut, (kokuji)
木
Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-
Meanings: tree, wood
杼
Readings: チョ、 ショ、 ひ、 どんぐり
Meaning: shuttle

櫟

椚、 橡、 櫪

Readings

Kana: くぬぎ、くのぎ、クヌギ
Romaji: kunugi, kunogi, kunugi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

櫟
Readings: レキ、 ヤク、 ロウ、 くぬぎ
Meaning: oak for charcoal
椚
Readings: くにぎ、 くぬぎ
Meanings: oak used for charcoal, (kokuji)
橡
Readings: ショウ、 ゾウ、 とち、 くぬぎ
Meaning: horse chestnut
櫪
Readings: レキ、 かいばおけ、 くぬぎ
Meanings: manger, fodder trough, horse barn