椿
椿 — Camellia
camellia
On’yomiチン (chin)
On’yomiチュン (chun)
Kun’yomiつばき (tsubaki)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 椿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 椿 | つばき tsubaki | common camellia (Camellia japonica); tea produced in the mountains |
| 寒椿 | かんつばき kantsubaki | camellia-like plant native to China |
Study notes
椿 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1829 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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