槐
huái HSK7

locust tree

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
鬼
鬼 Sound component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwɛj[ɡ]ˤ<r>ujSophora
hwoj[ɡ]ˤujSophora
Zhengzhangɡuːl
ɡruːl
Unicodehiəi
huɛi

說文解字

木也。从木鬼聲。

Sources

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