橘

Glyph origin
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Etymology
. connected  to 🇨🇬 and also deemed as "less likely" connections to  and -- *kruč (Bodman, 1980). However, considered this Old Chinese word's  origin likely, and compared it to 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) mandarin orange,, tangerine, orange

Usage notes
See.

Etymology 1
From. First cited in the  of 712.

According to the  in a section describing the 90th year of the reign of the legendary, a legendary figure named was tasked with bringing back from the heavens a. This is often interpreted to be a reference to tachibana, but the text itself is not specific.

A surface analysis suggests that this is a compound of.

Shortened to tachi for some compounds.

Noun

 * , a species of wild, green, inedible citrus fruit native to Japan
 * : the trifoliate orange,, syn.
 * : tachibana flowers; ; ; a kind of
 * 1)  generic name for citrus fruits that can be eaten raw
 * 2) a  with designs of tachibana flowers, fruits, and leaves
 * 1)  generic name for citrus fruits that can be eaten raw
 * 2) a  with designs of tachibana flowers, fruits, and leaves

Proper noun

 * 1)  an ancient clan who often held high-ranking positions in the medieval Japanese court, descended from  and later
 * 2)  a Sakura-class destroyer of the  (see )
 * 3)  a destroyer subclass of the Imperial Japanese Navy during, modified from the 
 * 4)  the lead ship of the Tachibana-subclass destroyers (see )
 * 5) a placename, especially in,  where the titular  is located
 * 1) a placename, especially in,  where the titular  is located

Etymology 2
From.

Affix

 * 1) the
 * 1) the

Etymology
First cited in the  of 712.

According to the  in a section describing the 90th year of the reign of the legendary, a legendary figure named was tasked with bringing back from the heavens a. This is often interpreted to be a reference to tachibana, but the text itself is not specific.

A surface analysis suggests that this is a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) any raw edible citrus fruit
 * , a species of green citrus fruit

Proper noun

 * 1) a powerful clan descended from  and later