柘
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a thorny tree; sugarcane; Cudrania triloba; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata); Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 柘
- Common rank
- #2,629
- Unicode
- U+67D8
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Formation & memory
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Words with 柘
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柘城县 | Zhecheng, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan | |
| 柘荣县 | Zherong, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian | |
| 柘城 | see 柘城縣|柘城县[Zhe4 cheng2 Xian4] | |
| 柘黄 | yellow dye made from the bark of the 柘[zhe4] tree | |
| 柘树 | silkworm thorn tree | |
| 柘弹 | slingshot made from the 柘[zhe4] tree | |
| 柘丝 | silk from worms fed on 柘[zhe4] leaves | |
| 柘榴石 | garnet | |
| 柘荣 | see 柘榮縣|柘荣县[Zhe4 rong2 Xian4] | |
| 潭柘寺 | Tanzhe Temple | |
| 柘浆 | sugarcane juice | |
| 诸柘 | sugarcane | |
| 柘弓 | bow made from the 柘[zhe4] tree | |
| 柘蚕 | silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree | |
| 柘砚 | ink slabs from a place in Shandong | |
| 柘袍 | imperial yellow robe | |
| 柘榴 | pomegranate |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 石 — compare how they read.