Melia japonica

楝 character breakdown

surname Mu
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).
abbr. for 柬埔寨[Jian3 pu3 zhai4], Cambodia

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3]

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) received an invitation letter (柬) to visit the anthill, and when she arrives she finds a Christmas tree (木) inside (an3). Under the Christmas tree there is a wooden box (囗) with her name on it. She doesn't know that upon opening the box, the mean crocodile (丷) will jump out and devour her.
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 楝 as component

楝 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 楝

chinaberry (Melia azedarach)

Sentences with 楝

楝 currently does not appear in any sentence.