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桧

檜
guì / huì
noun #58,439

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

Examples

HSK 6
桧木坚硬有香味，常用于建筑。
Guì mù jiānyìng yǒu xiāngwèi, cháng yòngyú jiànzhù.
Juniper wood is hard and fragrant, often used for building.
HSK 7-9
古庙前长着几棵老桧树。
Gǔ miào qián zhǎng zhe jǐ kē lǎo guì shù.
A few ancient junipers grew in front of the old temple.

Tips

usage
Read guì for the tree, the Chinese juniper, also called 桧柏. A separate reading huì is used only in the personal name of the Song-dynasty official Qin Hui.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; tree
The wood radical on the left, marking 桧 as a kind of tree, here the evergreen Chinese juniper.
phonetic
会 huì
to meet; able to; can
Supplies the sound. Standalone 会 is huì, which matches the personal-name reading directly and is close to the tree reading guì.

Stroke Order

桧 guì