梓 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zǐ

catalpa ovata

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 辛 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

辛 Sound component

xīn

laborious

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zǐ

catalpa ovata; Catalpa kaempferi; printing blocks

Most common words with 梓

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	梓	Catalpa kaempferi
	桐梓	Taongzi county in Zun'yi 遵義\|遵义[Zūnyì], Guizhou
	桐梓县	Taongzi county in Zun'yi 遵義\|遵义[Zūnyì], Guizhou
	桑梓	homeland
	梓潼	Zitong county in Mianyang 綿陽\|绵阳[Miányáng], north Sichuan

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ts]əʔ	tsiX	zǐ	Catalpa

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3750th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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