(bound form) An evergreen shrub with oval leaves and large, colorful flowers often used for decoration and medicine; also called 朱槿 zhū​jǐn or 佛桑 fó​sāng.

(bound form) A mythical giant tree in the eastern sea where the sun was said to rise; also used as a name for the place where the sun rises.

(bound form) A poetic or ancient name for Japan

(literary) a poetic name for the sun, derived from the mythical tree where the sun rises