梧 (wú): (in 梧桐) Chinese parasol tree

Meanings

1 (in 梧桐) Chinese parasol tree

Characters

梧

wú

(in 梧桐) parasol tree

Examples

院子门口有一棵高大的梧桐。

Yuànzi ménkǒu yǒu yìkē gāodà de wútóng.

There is a tall parasol tree at the gate of the courtyard.

俗话说，栽下梧桐树，引来金凤凰。

Súhuàshuō, zāi xià wútóng shù, yǐnlái jīn fènghuáng.

There's an old saying: a planted parasol tree draws the phoenix in.

Tips

culture

梧 appears almost only in 梧桐 (Chinese parasol tree), a tree traditionally said to be where the phoenix alights, so it carries an auspicious flavour in poetry.

Components

radical

木 mù

tree; wood

Left tree radical 木, a pictograph of a tree. It marks 梧 as a named tree, the parasol tree in 梧桐.

phonetic

吾 wú

I; my (here phonetic)

Right side 吾 (an old word for "I") supplies the sound wú exactly, with no drift. It is purely the phonetic element.

Stroke Order

梧 wú

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