柿
Meanings
Noun
1. kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かき
Used in vocabulary
桃栗三年柿八年
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Expression
Examples1
春、 カキ の 新芽 が ふき出した ころ の こと を 思う と すばらしい。
It is wonderful to think of Spring, when the new buds of the persimmon burst forth.