楠

See also: 枏

楠	U+6960, 楠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6960

← 楟
[U+695F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

楡 →
[U+6961]

Translingual

Han character

楠 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木十月十 (DJBJ), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿰木南)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 540, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15152
Dae Jaweon: page 927, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1244, character 3
Unihan data for U+6960

Chinese

simp. and trad.		楠
alternative forms		枏柟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (南) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
南	*nuːm
楠	*nuːm
腩	*nuːmʔ
湳	*nuːmʔ
揇	*nuːmʔ
萳	*nuːmʔ
罱	*ruːmʔ
喃	*rnuːm
諵	rnuːm, rnuːms

Vulgarized from 枏. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nuːm) : semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + phonetic 南 (OC *nuːm).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nán (nan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lâm

(Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ / nam⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nán
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nán
  - Wade–Giles: nan²
  - Yale: nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan
  - Palladius: нань (nanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naam⁴
  - Yale: nàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm
  - Tâi-lô: lâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lam⁵ / nam⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm / nâm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵/, /nam⁵⁵/

Note:

lam5 - Chaozhou;
nam5 - Shantou.

Middle Chinese: nom

Rime
Character	楠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	那含切
Baxter	nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/nəm/
Shao Rongfen	/nɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nəm/
Li Rong	/nᴀm/
Wang Li	/nɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/năm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naam⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nuːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楠
Reading #	1/1
No.	9356
Phonetic component	南
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	南
Old Chinese	/*nuːm/
Notes	見屍子俗同柟

Etymology 1

Definitions

楠

nanmu tree (Machilus nanmu or Phoebe zhennan)
name of various species of Phoebe and Machilus

Compounds

大葉楠／大叶楠
梓楠堤 (Zǐnándī)
楠木 (nánmù)
楠梓 (Nánzǐ, “Nanzih”)
楩楠 (piánnán)
楨楠／桢楠
楠榴
楠櫧林帶／楠槠林带 (nánzhūlíndài)
楠竹
楠西 (Nánxī)
石楠
紅楠／红楠
紫楠
高楠 (Gāonán)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Thai น่าน (nâan).

Alternative forms

難／难 (nán)

Definitions

楠

(～府) Nan province (of Thailand)
(～市) Nan city
(～河) Nan river

Japanese

Kanji

楠

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

camphor tree

Readings

Go-on: なん (nan)^{←なん (nan, historical)}^{←なむ (namu, ancient)}
Kan-on: だん (dan)^{←だん (dan, historical)}^{←だむ (damu, ancient)}
Kun: くす (kusu, 楠)、くすのき (kusunoki, 楠)
Nanori: くず (kuzu)、な (na)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
楠
くす Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 楠 – see the following entry.

【くすクス】

[noun] Synonym of くすのき (kusu-no-ki)

Alternative spelling
樟

(This term, 楠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
楠
くすのき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 楠 – see the following entry.

【くすのき】

[noun] camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora

Alternative spellings
樟, クスノキ

(This term, 楠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

楠 • (nam) (hangeul 남, revised nam, McCune–Reischauer nam, Yale nam)

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Tày

Noun

楠 (nam)

Nôm form of nam (“thorn, spine”).

References

Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

楠: Hán Nôm readings: nêm, nam

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