檜 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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guì

Chinese cypress

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

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

會 Sound component

huì, kuài

to gather

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

guì

Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper; Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis); coffin lid decoration (old)

Most common words with 檜

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	桧	coffin lid decoration (old)
	秦桧	Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛\|岳飞[YuèFēi]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[k]ˤ[o][p]-s	kwajH	guì	ornament on coffin

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4101st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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