Chinese Character Wiki

槐

huái

locust tree

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

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

鬼 sound component

鬼  Sound component

guǐ

  

ghost

Evolution

槐 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
槐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
槐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
槐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

槐  

huái

locust tree; Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

Most common words with 槐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

槐

Japanese pagoda tree

洋槐

black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

槐树

locust tree (Sophora japonica)

刺槐

false acacia

槐荫区

Huaiyin district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Jǐ​nán​shì], Shandong

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ˤ<r>uj

hweaj

huái

Sophora

*[g]ˤuj

hwoj

huái

Sophora


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3120th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+69D0

Shuowen

“槐，木也。从木，鬼聲。”


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