檉
chēng

type of willow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeŋ

說文解字

河柳也。从木聖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

柽 chēng, jué type of willow Simplified

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

圣
圣 Sound component
shèng sage, holy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode