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桧

guì

Character Traditional 檜

What 桧 means

1. Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
2. oldcoffin lid decoration
3. Taiwan pr. kuài

Other readings

桧 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Huìused in {秦桧|Qín Huì}; Taiwan pr. Kuài

Words starting with 桧

• 桧木guì mùfalse cypress (genus Chamaecyparis)
• 桧柏guì bǎiChinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

Words containing 桧

• 秦桧Qín HuìQin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飞
• 红桧hóng guìFormosan cypress, aka Taiwan red cedar (Chamaecyparis formosensis)

Characters built on 会

These share the phonetic component 会 (huì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 刽guìto amputate; to cut off; also pr. kuài
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water

Sounds the same

Read guì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贵expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 柜cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 跪to kneel
• 桂cassia; laurel
• 刽to amputate; to cut off; also pr. kuài
• 攰totally exhausted (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 累
• 鳜mandarin fish; Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
• 刿cut; injure
• 嶡precipitous; mountainous
• 溎name of a river
• 鱥minnow
• 筀bamboo (archaic)