huái

locust tree

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

鬼 sound component

  Sound component

guǐ

  

ghost

Evolution

槐 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
槐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
槐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
槐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huái

locust tree; Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica); Japanese pagoda tree

Most common words with 槐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

Japanese pagoda tree

洋槐

black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)

槐树

locust tree (Sophora japonica)

刺槐

false acacia

槐荫区

Huaiyin district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Jǐ​nán​shì], Shandong