栀
zhī

gardenia

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

卮
卮 Sound component
zhī measuring cup

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

梔 gardenia Traditional

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

巵
巵 Sound component
zhī measuring cup

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtje
Unicodejiɛ

說文解字

木實可染。从木巵聲。

Sources

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