懂中文 Dong Chinese

檜

guì

Chinese cypress

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 會 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

會 sound component

會  Sound component

huì, kuài

  

to gather

Evolution

檜 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
檜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

桧 (檜) 

guì

Chinese cypress, Chinese juniper; Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis); coffin lid decoration (old)

Most common words with 檜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

桧

coffin lid decoration (old)

秦桧

Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yuè​Fēi]