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.

• 杰jié🔊

  variant of 傑|杰[jie2]

  8 strokes

• 板bǎn🔊

  used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 松sōng🔊

  loose

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 果guǒ🔊

  fruit

  8 strokes

• 枚méi🔊

  classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4])

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 柜guì🔊

  variant of 櫃|柜[gui4]

  8 strokes

• 枉wǎng🔊

  to twist

  8 strokes

• 杵chǔ🔊

  pestle

  8 strokes

• 枕zhěn🔊

  (bound form) pillow

  8 strokes

• 枝zhī🔊

  branch

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 枙è🔊

  tree knot

  8 strokes

• 杻chǒu🔊

  handcuffs

  8 strokes

• 杪miǎo🔊

  the limit

  8 strokes

• 杭Háng🔊

  surname Hang

  8 strokes

• 杲gǎo🔊

  high

  8 strokes

• 杳yǎo🔊

  dark and quiet

  8 strokes

• 杴xiān🔊

  shovel

  8 strokes

• 杶chūn🔊

  (tree)

  8 strokes

• 杷pá🔊

  used in 枇杷[pi2 pa5]

  8 strokes

• 杸shū🔊

  to kill

  8 strokes

• 杼zhù🔊

  shuttle of a loom

  8 strokes

• 杽chǒu🔊

  a kind of wooden handcuffs

  8 strokes

• 构gòu🔊

  to construct

  8 strokes

• 枇pí🔊

  used in 枇杷[pi2 pa5]

  8 strokes

• 枊àng🔊

  (literary) post for tethering a horse

  8 strokes

• 枋fāng🔊

  Santalum album

  8 strokes

• 枌fén🔊

  (tree)

  8 strokes

• 析xī🔊

  to separate

  8 strokes

• 枒yá🔊

  the coconut tree

  8 strokes

• 枓dǒu🔊

  (architecture) square wooden bearing block used to support a bracket in a dougong 斗拱[dou3 gong3] bracket system

  8 strokes

• 枘ruì🔊

  tenon

  8 strokes

• 枞cōng🔊

  fir tree

  8 strokes

• 枟yùn🔊

  wood streaks

  8 strokes

• 枢shū🔊

  (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)

  8 strokes

• 枣zǎo🔊

  (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 枥lì🔊

  type of oak

  8 strokes

• 枧jiǎn🔊

  bamboo conduit

  8 strokes

• 枨chéng🔊

  door post

  8 strokes

• 枫fēng🔊

  maple (genus Acer)

  8 strokes

• 枭xiāo🔊

  owl

  8 strokes

• 查chá🔊

  to research

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 树shù🔊

  tree

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 某mǒu🔊

  some

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 架jià🔊

  to support

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 柑gān🔊

  large tangerine

  9 strokes

• 柯kē🔊

  (literary) branch; stem; stalk

  9 strokes

• 栋dòng🔊

  classifier for houses or buildings

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 柏bǎi🔊

  variant of 柏[bai3]

  9 strokes