tree

Origin & mnemonic

The tree radical originates as a pictograph depicting a tree trunk with branches and leaves, used since oracle-bone script. It represents the natural form of a tree with its main trunk and lateral branches.

Mnemonic: Remember the tree radical by picturing its four strokes as a vertical trunk with two branches sprouting from each side.

• 木mù🔊

  (bound form) tree

  4 strokes

• 本běn🔊

  (bound form) root; stem

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 未wèi🔊

  not yet

  HSK 7

  5 strokes

• 朮shù🔊

  variant of 術|术[shu4]

  5 strokes

• 术shù🔊

  method

  5 strokes

• 末mò🔊

  tip

  HSK 4

  5 strokes

• 札zhá🔊

  thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)

  5 strokes

• 杀shā🔊

  to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack

  HSK 5

  6 strokes

• 机jī🔊

  (bound form) machine; mechanism

  6 strokes

• 朱zhū🔊

  vermilion

  6 strokes

• 权quán🔊

  authority

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 朴pǔ🔊

  (bound form) plain; simple

  6 strokes

• 朵duǒ🔊

  flower

  HSK 5

  6 strokes

• 杂zá🔊

  mixed

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 朳bā🔊

  tree

  6 strokes

• 朽xiǔ🔊

  rotten

  6 strokes

• 朾tíng🔊

  to bump

  6 strokes

• 朿cì🔊

  stab

  6 strokes

• 来lái🔊

  to come

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 条tiáo🔊

  strip

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 李lǐ🔊

  plum

  7 strokes

• 杠gàng🔊

  coffin-bearing pole (old)

  7 strokes

• 杜dù🔊

  birchleaf pear (tree)

  7 strokes

• 村cūn🔊

  variant of 村[cun1]

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 极jí🔊

  extremely

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 杆gān🔊

  pole

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 杨yáng🔊

  poplar

  7 strokes

• 材cái🔊

  material

  7 strokes

• 束shù🔊

  to bind

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 杖zhàng🔊

  a staff

  7 strokes

• 杉shān🔊

  China fir

  7 strokes

• 杅yú🔊

  bowl

  7 strokes

• 杇wū🔊

  to plaster

  7 strokes

• 杈chā🔊

  fork of a tree

  7 strokes

• 杌wù🔊

  low stool

  7 strokes

• 杏xìng🔊

  apricot

  7 strokes

• 杓biāo🔊

  (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle

  7 strokes

• 杕dì🔊

  lone-standing tree

  7 strokes

• 杗máng🔊

  ridge-pole in roof

  7 strokes

• 杙yì🔊

  post for tethering animals

  7 strokes

• 杝yí🔊

  (tree)

  7 strokes

• 杞qǐ🔊

  Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)

  7 strokes

• 杧máng🔊

  used in 杧果[mang2 guo3]

  7 strokes

• 杩mà🔊

  headboard

  7 strokes

• 枪qiāng🔊

  variant of 槍|枪[qiang1]

  HSK 5

  8 strokes

• 杯bēi🔊

  cup

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 林lín🔊

  (bound form) woods; forest

  8 strokes

• 东dōng🔊

  east

  HSK 1

  8 strokes