U+67B9 "枹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+67B9 "枹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of oak tree, specifically the Quercus serrata or the Quercus glandulifera, and is also used to denote the paper mulberry tree in classical contexts. In ancient Chinese literature, it appears in texts like the "Shuowen Jiezi" and the "Classic of Poetry," often associated with musical instruments such as drums, as the character can mean a drumstick made from the wood of this tree. Additionally, it has historical uses in personal names and place names, and in modern Japanese, it is employed in the word "hōzuki" for the winter cherry plant. This character is composed of the radical for tree or wood on the left, with a phonetic component on the right, and is categorized under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, encompassing a range of East Asian scripts including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.