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Chinese cypress

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Trees
guì
カイ
ひのき、ひ
회, 괄
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 會 represents the sound.
Components
木 tree+ 會 meet =
檜 Chinese cypress
木 Meaning component
mù tree
會 Phonetic component
meet
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Notes
Similar Characters
乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects果 fruit枼 table某 such and such柰 crab-apple tree
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
檜
Regular
Modern
Chinese
桧 / 檜 [guì]
Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis); coffin lid decoration (old)
Japanese
檜 、 檜木 、 桧 、 桧木 ひのき 、 ひ (old) 、 ヒノキ 同音
noun usually kana hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
檜 ひざき
Hizaki surname
檜 ひのき
Hinoki female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (1)
秦桧 [Qín​Huì] #30,194
Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yuè​Fēi]
JAPANESE WORDS (21)
檜 [ひのき] #35,939
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)
檜風呂 [ひのきぶろ] #88,557
Japanese cypress wood bathtub
檜舞台 [ひのきぶたい] #107,318
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.)
檜扇 [ひおうぎ] #123,609
formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress
檜葉 [ひば] #136,200
hinoki leaf
翌檜 [あすなろ] #145,034
hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
檜林 [ひのきばやし] #148,738
cypress woodland
桧皮 [ひわだ] #164,796
cypress bark
桧笠 [ひのきがさ] #166,686
conical hat
桧皮葺 [ひわだぶき] #170,029
cypress bark roof
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