Chinese Character 槐 Meanings and components.

Form

槐

Meaning

槐 meaning[3] in English

Chinese Scholar Tree (Sophora Japonica).

Japanese Pagoda Tree.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 槐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and ghost (鬼)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DHUI

How to write 槐

To write槐huai2Chinese scholar … you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 鬼gui3ghost arranged in a 吅 shape:

木 + 鬼 = 槐

槐 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 槐 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 槐, looks as follow:

槐
Pinyin:huai2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Chinese Scholar Tree (Sophora Japonica) . Japanese Pagoda Tree
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
鬼
Pinyin:gui3
Meaning[3]: Ghost . Demon . Terrible . Damnable . Clever . Sly . Crafty . (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc) . One Of The 28 Constellations

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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