槐 (huái): Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica), Japanese pagoda tree
槐 (huái) is a Chinese character meaning “chinese scholar tree (sophora japonica).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 鬼 (phonetic). It ranks #2809 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 槐 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica)
- Japanese pagoda tree
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洋槐noun | yáng huái | black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) |
| 槐树noun | huái shù | locust tree (Sophora japonica) |
| 国槐树 | guó huái shù | locust tree (Sophora japonica) |
| 毛洋槐 | máo yáng huái | rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia) |
| 国槐 | guó huái | locust tree (Sophora japonica) |
| 指桑骂槐phrase | zhǐ sāng mà huái | lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree |
| 洋槐树 | yáng huái shù | black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) |
| 槐荫区 | huái yīn qū | Huaiyin, a district of Jinan City 濟南市|济南市, Shandong |
| 刺槐noun | cì huái | false acacia |
| 槐荫 | huái yīn | see 槐蔭區|槐荫区 |
槐 appears in 10 compound words: 30 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 槐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
工人们正在砍伐病槐，防止虫害蔓延。
gōng rén men zhēng zài kǎn fá bìng huái , fáng zhǐ chóng hài mán yán .
Workers are cutting down diseased locust trees to prevent the spread of pests.
图为机器人在郑州巩义双槐树遗址与观众互动。
tú wéi jī qì rén zài zhèng zhōu gǒng yì shuāng huái shù yí zhǐ yǔ guàn zhòng hù dòng .
The photo shows a robot interacting with visitors at the Shuanghuishu Site in Gongyi, Zhengzhou.
央视网消息： 眼下，各地的槐花陆续盛开，清甜淡香的槐花也是人们舌尖上的新宠。
yāng shì wǎng xiāo xī : yǎn xià , gè dì de huái huā lù xù shèng kāi , qīng tián dàn xiāng de huái huā yě shì rén men shé jiān shàng de xīn chǒng .
CCTV.com News: At present, locust flowers are blooming one after another across the country, and these sweet, delicately fragrant blossoms have become a new favorite on people’s palates.
(新春走基层)山西洪洞大槐树:家庭亲子游成主流 根祖文化激活年俗新...
( xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) shān xī hóng dòng dà huái shù : jiā tíng qīn zǐ yóu chéng zhǔ liú gēn zǔ wén huà jī huó nián sú xīn . . .
(New Year at the grassroots level) Hongdong big locust tree in Shanxi: Family parent-child travel has become the mainstream, and the root ancestor culture activates the new customs of the year...
Character Family
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