柘

zhè
#5,519 most
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a thorny tree, sugarcane

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

柘 has 木 tree as the meaning part and 石 shí as the sound part; the sound link is not clear in Mandarin. It first meant a Chinese mulberry tree. Later it also named a thorny tree and then sugarcane.

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这zhè
this, these

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