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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

HSK 6
他始终不忘桑梓。
Tā shǐzhōng bú wàng sāngzǐ.
He never forgot his native village.
HSK 7-9
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
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