栽

zāi
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to plant, to grow, to insert

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

栽 zāi shows 木 tree and takes sound from 𢦏 zāi. It first meant to plant or grow. The meaning then grew to insert.

Drawn as: tree

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Homophones

灾zāi
disaster, calamity, adversity

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