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槐

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Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

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Strokes
13
Radical
木 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
槐
Common rank
#3,145
Unicode
U+69D0

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Formation & memory

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How 槐 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 鬼 sound ( guǐ )

Components 木 鬼

How to remember it

scholar tree · Heisig RSH #2925

木 tree + 鬼 ghost

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 槐

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
国槐树 guó huái shù locust tree (Sophora japonica)
毛洋槐 máo yáng huái rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
洋槐树 yáng huái shù black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
指桑骂槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree; fig. to scold sb indirectly;…
国槐 guó huái locust tree (Sophora japonica)
槐树 huái shù locust tree (Sophora japonica)
洋槐 yáng huái black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
槐荫区 Huái yīn Qū Huaiyin, a district of Jinan City 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong
刺槐 cì huái false acacia; Robinia pseudoacacia
槐荫 Huái yīn see 槐蔭區|槐荫区[Huai2 yin1 Qu1]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 鬼 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
鬼 sound part guǐ ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
愧 kuì ashamed, regretful; the pangs of conscience
瑰 guī extraordinary, fabulous; rose; semi-precious stone
傀 guī great, gigantic; puppet
嵬 wéi rugged, rocky, precipitous
隗 wěi high, lofty; surname