柿の木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柿	木
かき Grade: S	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かきのき [kàkí nóꜜ kì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠kʲi no̞ kʲi]

Noun

柿(かき)の木(き) or 柿(カキ)の木(キ) • (kaki no ki)

a Japanese persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カキノキ.

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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