榛 (zhēn): hazel; hazelnut tree

Meanings

榛子油脂丰富，很好吃。

Zhēnzi yóu zhī fēngfù, hěn hǎochī.

Hazelnuts are rich in oil and very tasty.

荒废的花园长满了榛莽。

Huāngfèi de huāyuán zhǎngmǎn le zhēnmǎng.

The abandoned garden was overgrown with thickets and weeds.

usage

榛 names the hazel, mostly as 榛子 (hazelnut). From the bushy growth of hazel scrub it also gives 榛莽 — wild, tangled undergrowth.

radical

木 mù

tree; wood

The tree radical on the left, a pictograph of a tree. It marks the character as a woody plant — here the hazel shrub. It groups 榛 with 松, 柳, and 桦.

phonetic

秦 qín

phonetic component

Supplies the sound (qín shifting to zhēn). It works purely as a pronunciation marker for this tree name, with no meaning contribution.

榛 zhēn