zhè

a thorny tree

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

tree

石 sound component

  Sound component

shídàn

  

stone

Evolution

柘 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
柘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
柘 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
柘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhè

a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata); Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)

Most common words with 柘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

sugarcane

潭柘寺

Tanzhe Temple

柘荣

Zherong county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng​dé], Fujian

柘城县

Zhecheng county in Shangqiu 商丘[Shāng​qiū], Henan

柘荣县

Zherong county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng​dé], Fujian

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tAk-s

tsyaeH

zhè

a kind of mulberry tree


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5583rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+67D8

Shuowen

“柘,桑也。从木,石聲。”


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