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Kentei exam level 1

Japanese pepper tree

Kun'yomi
  • ginger (Zingiber officinale) ②Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum)
On'yomi
  • ショウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ショウ 96.6%
はじかみ 3.4%

Character Breakdown

Japanese pepper tree
ショウ はじかみ (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
uncle, youth
シュク よし (9th, N1)
younger of brothers, father's younger brother, younger brother of a husband
シュク まめ
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

black pepper (Piper nigrum)
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
Chinese prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum)
sweetened mochi flavored with Japanese pepper
mochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)
green Japanese peppercorn
pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)
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References

Unicode hex code 6912
JIS X 0208 1-60-5
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2286
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2731
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1619
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 15029
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a8.7
Four corner code 4794.0