to grow / to plant / to insert / to force on sb / to fall head first
栽
=
𢦏
+
木
:
Zorro (z) is taking care of his bonsai Christmas tree (木) in front of the airplane (ai1). He plants (栽) it into a bigger flower pot, and after cutting (𢦏) some of its branches he sews (𢦏) the tree's wounds.
Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.
𢦏
=
十
+
戈
:
Mnemonic symbol: a cut which has been sewed. Zorro (z) cut (𢦏) himself with a spear (戈) badly and sewed (𢦏) the wound himself in front of the airplane (ai1). He can now only walk with the help of a cross (十) which he uses as cane.
Characters with 栽 as component
栽
is not used as a component in another character.
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it