梓
梓: catalpa tree
catalpa tree; (old) printing
11 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here
Readings
On
シ
Kunあずさ
Read あずさ (a tree, also a girl's name). 上梓 (じょうし), 'to publish a book', is the main on-yomi word.
Key words
梓あずさcatalpa; birch
梓弓あずさゆみcatalpa bow
上梓じょうしpublication of a book
Example sentences
梓という名前は、木の名前からつけたそうだ。
I hear the name Azusa was taken from the name of a tree.
先生は長年の研究をまとめた本を上梓した。
The professor published a book summing up many years of research.
昔の人は、梓弓の弦を鳴らして魔を払ったという。
People long ago are said to have driven off evil by twanging the string of a catalpa bow.