茨

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) caltrop, puncture vine,

Kanji

 * 1) briar, bramble

Etymology 1
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Sound shift from ubara (see below). Now the modern version of this term.

Noun

 * 1) a thorny bush or shrub: a briar, a bramble
 * 2)  a thorn on a plant
 * 3) general name for wild roses
 * 4)  suffering, hardship, distress
 * 5)  the point where two curved lines come together, such as the tip of a cusped gable
 * 6)  during the, a downmarket prostitute
 * 1)  suffering, hardship, distress
 * 2)  the point where two curved lines come together, such as the tip of a cusped gable
 * 3)  during the, a downmarket prostitute

Etymology 2
From. Used in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Appears alongside the umara form (see below), suggesting possible, perhaps realized as *.

Superseded by ibara above.

Noun

 * 1)  a thorny bush or shrub: a briar, a bramble
 * 2)  general name for wild roses

Etymology 3
From. Used in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Appears alongside the ubara form (see above), suggesting possible, perhaps realized as *.

Superseded by ibara above.

Noun

 * 1)  a thorny bush or shrub: a briar, a bramble
 * 2)  general name for wild roses
 * 1)  general name for wild roses

Etymology 4
Appears in the, apparently as a shift from ubara. Used in  dating to the early 900s CE.

Considering the earlier free alternation between ubara and umara, suggesting a possible pronunciation such as *, this mubara may have arisen from an alternative spelling to clarify nasalization. Old Japanese orthography had no unambiguous means of specifying the nasal coda consonant, using instead. In fact, the modern kana developed from a hentaigana form of.

Superseded by ibara above.

Noun

 * 1)  a thorny bush or shrub: a briar, a bramble
 * 2)  general name for wild roses