槿
jǐn

hibiscus

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

堇
堇 Sound component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯnʔ
Unicodegiə̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica