桂 guì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
桂花
guìhuā
osmanthus blossom
Characters in this word
花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 每到秋分前后，校园里的桂花香气总让校友想起求学岁月。 Měi dào qiūfēn qiánhòu, xiàoyuán lǐ de guìhuā xiāngqì zǒng ràng xiàoyǒu xiǎngqǐ qiúxué suìyuè. Around the autumn equinox, the scent of osmanthus on campus always makes alumni recall their student years.
- 桂花糕又香又甜，我最喜欢吃。 Guìhuāgāo yòu xiāng yòu tián, wǒ zuì xǐhuan chī. Osmanthus cake is fragrant and sweet; it's my favourite.
- 秋天一到，满院子都是桂花的香味。 Qiūtiān yí dào, mǎn yuànzi dōu shì guìhuā de xiāngwèi. As soon as autumn comes, the whole courtyard is full of the scent of osmanthus.