檞 (jiě) · variant of 槲 (oak), a kind of oak tree

Meanings

1 variant of 槲 (oak)
2 a kind of oak tree

Characters

檞

jiě

oak (variant of 槲)

Examples

HSK 5

这个字“檞”很少在现代汉语中出现。

Zhè ge zì " jiě " hěn shǎo zài xiàndài Hànyǔ zhōng chūxiàn.

The character 檞 rarely appears in modern Chinese.

HSK 7-9

古书中“檞”常作“槲”的异体字。

Gǔshū zhōng " jiě " cháng zuò " hú " de yìtǐzì.

In old texts, 檞 is often used as a variant character for 槲 (oak).

Tips

memory

檞 = 木 (tree radical) + 解 (jiě, to untie / separate). The right side gives the sound jiě and the left side flags it as a tree - a textbook phono-semantic compound. The character is now nearly obsolete and is mostly seen as a graphic variant of 槲 (hú), the more common name for oak species.

register

Archaic / extremely rare. Only encountered in classical texts, place names, or as a stylistic variant of 槲. Do not use it in modern writing - pick 槲 or 橡树 for 'oak' instead.

Components

semantic

檞 jiě

variant of 槲 (oak)

Visually 檞 pairs the tree radical 木 on the left with the phonetic 解 on the right, naming a rare oak species and serving as a variant spelling of 槲. Component-data sources lack a reliable stroke-by-stroke split for this character, so it is treated as a single unit here. The 木 radical anchors it firmly in the botanical family alongside 槲, 樟 camphor, 桦 birch.

No stroke data for 檞; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.