棣
dì

kerria japonica plant

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

隶
隶 Sound component
lì subservient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdejH[N].rˤəp-sdang-dejH cherry tree
Zhengzhangl'ɯːds

說文解字

白棣也。从木隶聲。

Sources

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