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椿

chūn

Character

What 椿 means

1. Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)
2. tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
3. (literary metaphor) father

Words starting with 椿

• 椿象chūn xiàngstinkbug

Words containing 椿

• 香椿xiāng chūnChinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable

Characters built on 春

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

• 蠢chǔnstupid; sluggish; clumsy
• 蝽chūnbedbug

Characters that look like 椿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 揍zòuto hit; to beat (sb); (colloquial) to smash (sth)
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

Sounds the same

Read chūn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 春spring (season); gay; joyful
• 蝽bedbug
• 杶(tree)
• 瑃(a kind of jade)
• 輴hearse
• 萅old variant of 春
• 䲠see 䲠鱼