Chinese Character Wiki
桼

qī

varnish tree, lacquer

Depicts lacquer or sap oozing out from a varnish tree (木).

Components
木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Depicts a varnish tree.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts lacquer or sap.

Evolution

桼 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
桼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
桼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

桼  

qī

the varnish tree; lacquer, varnish, paint

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

漆

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

漆 膝

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]i[t]

tshit

qī

varnish


Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+687C

Shuowen

“木汁，可以物。象形，桼如水滴而下，凡桼之屬皆从桼。”


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