梓

zǐ
#3,741 most
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Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

梓 zǐ has 木 wood for meaning. The other part 辛 is empty; it stands for 宰, the old sound part. It first named the Chinese catalpa tree. The sense grew to carpenter.

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Homophones

HSK 5
紫zǐ
purple, violet, amethyst
仔zǐ
(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young
子zǐ
son, child, seed, egg, small thing

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