槐

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

scholar tree

HSK 7

Nature →Plants →Trees

huái

カイ

えんじゅ

괴

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 鬼 represents the sound.

Components

木 tree+ 鬼 ghost =

槐 scholar tree

木 Meaning component

mù tree

鬼 Phonetic component

guǐ ghost

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

槐

Regular

Modern

Chinese

槐 [huái]

Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

Japanese

槐えんじゅ、エンジュ同音

noun usually kana Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

槐えびす

Ebisu surname

槐えんじ

Enji surname

槐えんじゅ

Enju female given namesurname

槐かい

Kai given name

槐さいかち

Saikachi surname

CHINESE WORDS (17)

洋槐 [yánghuái] #49,504

black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

槐树 [huáishù] #31,160

locust tree (Sophora japonica)

槐树 [huáishù] #31,160

locust tree (Sophora japonica)

刺槐 [cìhuái] #46,402

false acacia

槐荫区 [Huáiyìnqū] #47,445

Huaiyin district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市[Jǐnánshì], Shandong

槐荫区 [Huáiyìnqū] #47,445

Huaiyin district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市[Jǐnánshì], Shandong

指桑骂槐 [zhǐsāngmàhuái] #48,130

lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree

指桑骂槐 [zhǐsāngmàhuái] #48,130

lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree

国槐 [guóhuái] #53,567

locust tree (Sophora japonica)

国槐 [guóhuái] #53,567

locust tree (Sophora japonica)

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JAPANESE WORDS (2)

槐樹 [かいじゅ] #232,890

Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

針槐 [はりえんじゅ]

black locust