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栀
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gardenia

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Trees
zhī
シ
くちなし
치
Components
Traditional (梔)
木 tree+ 巵 measuring cup =
梔 gardenia
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
巵 Phonetic component
zhī measuring cup
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Simplified (栀)
木 tree+ 卮 measuring =
栀 gardenia
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
卮 Phonetic component
zhī measuring
old variant of 卮[zhī]
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
栀
Regular
Modern
Chinese
栀 / 梔 [zhī]
gardenia; cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); same as 栀子
Japanese
梔子 、 巵子 、 山梔子 、 梔 くちなし 、 クチナシ 、 しし (old) 、 さんしし (old) 同音
noun usually kana Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
梔 くちなし
Kuchinashi surname
CHINESE WORDS (2)
栀子花 [zhī​zi​huā] #30,062
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
栀子 [zhī​zi] #30,409
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
梔子 [くちなし] #108,093
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
八重梔子 [やえくちなし]
eightfold gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides f. ovalifolia)
山梔子 [さんしし]
gardenia fruit
覆輪梔子 [ふくりんくちなし]
fukurin gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides f. albomarginata)