Chinese Character Wiki

楝

liàn

Melia japonica

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

tree

柬 sound component

柬  Sound component

jiǎn

  

letter

Evolution

楝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
楝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

楝  

liàn

Melia japonica

Most common words with 楝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

楝

Melia japonica

苦楝

chinaberry (Melia azedarach)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5723rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+695D

Shuowen

“楝，木也。从木，柬聲。”


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