zǐ
梓 (zǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items; (bound form) printing blocks”.
Meanings
- 1Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items
- 2(bound form) printing blocks
Related words
付梓(literary) to send (a manuscript) to the press乡梓(literary) hometown; native place杞梓之林(idiom) a multitude of talented people桑梓(literary) one's native place梓童(often used in traditional novels) term used by an emperor to address the empress吴敬梓Wu Jingzi (1701–1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2 lin2 Wai4 shi3]桐梓县Tongzi, a county in Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou梓潼县Zitong, a county in Mianyang City 綿陽市|绵阳市[Mian2 yang2 Shi4], Sichuan楠梓Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan楠梓区Nanzi or Nantzu district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan桐梓see 桐梓縣|桐梓县[Tong2 zi3 Xian4]梓潼see 梓潼縣|梓潼县[Zi3 tong2 Xian4]