Word Meaning 椎の木

しいのき shii no ki

椎の木 is read as しいのき (shii no ki) and means any beech tree of genus Castanopsis.

Meaning

English

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis

Reading

Kana

しいのき

Romaji

shii no ki

Writing Variants

しいの木 しいのき shiinoki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 129673 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

椎間板

ついかんばん

intervertebral disk

椎

つち

hammer

樹木

じゅもく

tree

苗木

なえぎ

seedling

啄木

たくぼく

woodpecker

土佐水木

とさみずき

spike winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)

藤空木

ふじうつぎ

Japanese butterfly bush (species of buddleia, Buddleja japonica)

松の木

まつのき

pine tree

椋木

むくのき

Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera)

鹿子の木

かごのき

Litsea coreana (species of tree in the laurel family)

博打の木

ばくちのき

Prunus zippeliana (East Asian species of prunus)

伊予水木

いよみずき

iyomizugi winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)

Example Sentences

三人がつづいて横町へはいると、路ばたの大きい椎の木のこずえから、鴉らしい一羽の鳥がおどろかされたように飛び起った。

As the three men entered the alley, a bird resembling a crow flew from the top of a large beech tree as if it had been frightened.