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櫪
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枥
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oak

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Trees
lì
レキ
かいばおけ、くぬぎ
력
Components
Traditional (櫪)
木 tree+ 歷 experience =
櫪 oak
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
歷 Phonetic component
experience
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Simplified (枥)
木 tree+ 历 calendar =
枥 type of oak
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
历 Phonetic component
lì calendar
old variant of 歷|历[lì]
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
櫪
Regular
Modern
Chinese
枥 / 櫪 [lì]
type of oak; stable (for horses)
Japanese
櫟 、 椚 (rare) 、 橡 (rare) 、 櫪 (rare) 、 椢 (rare) 、 槶 (rare) クヌギ 、 くぬぎ 、 くのぎ 同音
noun usually kana sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
老骥伏枥 [lǎo​jì​fú​lì] #57,677
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥伏枥，志在千里 [lǎo​jì​fú​lì​, ​zhì​zài​qiān​lǐ]
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
櫟 [クヌギ] #84,403
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)