Word Meaning

つが tsuga

栂 is read as つが (tsuga) and means southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii).

Meaning

English

  1. southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)

Reading

Kana

つが

Romaji

tsuga

Writing Variants

  • とが toga

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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にわのすみにつがのきがたっている。

A Japanese hemlock tree stands in the corner of the garden.

このやまではつががよくそだつ。

Hemlock trees grow well on this mountain.

そふはつがのなえをだいじにそだてていた。

My grandfather carefully raised a hemlock sapling.

つがのははほそくてやわらかい。

Its leaves are slender and soft.

こみちのさきにふるいつががみえた。

An old hemlock came into view at the end of the path.

つがのはやしはひるでもうすぐらい。

The hemlock grove is dim even during the day.

かれはつがのえだをひろってかんさつした。

He picked up a hemlock branch and examined it.

あめにぬれたつがはふかいみどりにみえる。

A rain-soaked hemlock looks deep green.

むらのいりぐちにはおおきなつががいっぽんある。

There is a large hemlock tree at the entrance to the village.