桧

檜
huì / guì
noun #58,439

Meanings

  1. 1 used in the name Qin Hui

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qín Huì shì Nánsòng yǒumíng de jiānchén.
Qin Hui was a notorious treacherous minister of the Southern Song.
HSK 7-9
Rénmen zhìjīn réng tuòmà Yuè Fēi mù qián de Qín Huì xiàng.
People still spit on the statue of Qin Hui at Yue Fei's tomb.

Tips

history
The huì reading appears almost only in 秦桧, the Southern Song chancellor blamed for the death of the general 岳飞. His name became a byword for treachery. For the juniper tree the same character is read guì.

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 huì