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梓

zǐ
noun #55,683

Meanings

  1. 1 Chinese catalpa (a tree)
  2. 2 one's hometown
  3. 3 to print (from carved blocks)

Examples

他始终不忘桑梓。
Tā shǐzhōng bù wàng sāngzǐ.
He never forgot his native village.
书稿终于付梓了。
Shūgǎo zhōngyú fùzǐ le.
The manuscript was finally sent to be printed.

Tips

culture
Two cultured uses: 桑梓 ('mulberry and catalpa') means one's home village, because families planted these trees by the house; 付梓 ('commit to catalpa') means to go to print, from the days of wood-block printing on catalpa boards.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
Left-side tree radical 木. The catalpa is a tree prized for fine timber, which is also why its wood was used for printing blocks.
phonetic
宰 zǎi
to govern; (here) sound
Right side is an abbreviated 宰 supplying the sound zǐ. Its own meaning plays no part here — it works purely as the phonetic.

Stroke Order

梓 zǐ