Chinese parasol tree

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

吾 sound component

  Sound component

  

I, me

Evolution

梧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
梧 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
梧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

Chinese parasol tree, Sterculia platanifolia; Sterculia platanifolia

Most common words with 梧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

魁梧

tall and sturdy

Sterculia platanifolia

梧桐

Chinese parasol tree

梧州

Wuzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi

梧州市

Wuzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi