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桧

檜
guì / huì
noun #58,439

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

Examples

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.
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.

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