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植

zhí

plant

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

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

直 sound component

直  Sound component

zhí

  

straight

Evolution

植 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
植 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

植  

zhí

plant, trees, plants; grow; to plant

Most common words with 植
Freq.
Word
Meaning

植物

plant

移植

to transplant

种植

to plant

植

to plant

植入

to implant

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-t<r>ək-s

driH

zhí

grow, flourish

*m-t<r>ək-s

driH

zhí

to plant, set upright

*m-tək

dzyik

zhí

to plant; plants


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 13.1828% of movies

1558th most common character in movies

1124th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+690D

Shuowen

“植，戶植也。从木，直聲。，或从置。”


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