栽植
zāi​zhí

plant

栽 zāi to cultivate

Components

戈
戈 Sound component
gē spear
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsoj[ts]ˤəplant (v.)
Zhengzhangʔslɯː
zlɯːs

說文解字

築牆長版也。从木𢦔聲。《春秋傳》曰：“楚圍蔡，里而𣒭。”

Sources

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

植 zhí plant

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
直
直 Sound component
zhí straight

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdriHN-t<r>ək-s grow, flourish
driHm-t<r>ək-s to plant, set upright
dzyikm-tək to plant; plants

說文解字

《說文》：“植，戶植也。从木，直聲。，或从置。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)