しきみ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しきみ – see the following entry.

【樒】H [noun] Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a highly toxic tree whose branches are placed on Buddhist graves [noun] Synonym of 沈香 (jinkō, “agarwood”) Alternative spellings 櫁, 梻, シキミ, しきび, シキビ

(This term, しきみ (shikimi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as しきみ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しきみ.)