梓
(bound form) Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items; (bound form) printing blocks
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,950 U+6893
How 梓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 辛 (phonetic, xīn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 辛
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 辛 (xīn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛 sound component | xīn | bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem |
| 辫 | biàn | braid, pigtail, plait; queue |
| 莘 | shēn | numerous, long; a marsh plant with a medicinal root |
| 锌 | xīn | zinc |
Words containing 梓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杞梓之林 | qǐ zǐ zhī lín | (idiom) a multitude of talented people |
| 吴敬梓 | Wú Jìng zǐ | Wu Jingzi (1701–1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2 lin2 Wai4 sh… |
| 桐梓县 | Tóng zǐ Xiàn | Tongzi, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 乡梓 | xiāng zǐ | (literary) hometown; native place |
| 梓童 | zǐ tóng | (often used in traditional novels) term used by an emperor to address the empress |
| 付梓 | fù zǐ | (literary) to send (a manuscript) to the press |
| 桑梓 | sāng zǐ | (literary) one's native place |
| 楠梓区 | Nán zǐ qū | Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 梓潼县 | Zǐ tóng Xiàn | Zitong, a county in Mianyang City 綿陽市|绵阳市[Mian2 yang2 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 桐梓 | Tóng zǐ | see 桐梓縣|桐梓县[Tong2 zi3 Xian4] |
| 楠梓 | Nán zǐ | Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 梓潼 | Zǐ tóng | see 梓潼縣|梓潼县[Zi3 tong2 Xian4] |