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Kanji for Chinquapin tree
The kanji for “chinquapin tree” is 椎, read tsui and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
椎
chinquapin tree
The shii oak, an evergreen tree of old Japanese forests.
12 strokes On reading ツイ、スイ (tsui, sui) Kun reading つち、うつ (tsuchi, utsu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: chinquapin, mallet, spine
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shii
Names written with 椎: Sieglinde 椎紅鈴定
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