椿

chūn
#4,184 most
frequent character
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

椿 pairs 木, tree or wood, with 春 chūn, which supplies the sound. It first named a shrub called Rose of Sharon. Later the name shifted to the Chinese toon tree, also called tree of heaven.

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