檜
guìHuì

Chinese cypress

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
會
會 Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwajH[k]ˤ[o][p]-sornament on coffin
Zhengzhangkoːbs
koːd

說文解字

柏葉松身。从木會聲。

Sources

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

桧 guì, kuài, huì Chinese cypress Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 会 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檜.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
会
会 Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode