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.

• 椠qiàn🔊

  wooden tablet

  12 strokes

• 椤luó🔊

  see 桫欏|桫椤[suo1 luo2]

  12 strokes

• 椥zhī🔊

  used in 檳椥|槟椥[Bin1 zhi1]

  12 strokes

• 椪pèng🔊

  used in 椪柑[peng4 gan1]

  12 strokes

• 椫zhǎn🔊

  (wood)

  12 strokes

• 椭tuǒ🔊

  ellipse

  12 strokes

• 椮sēn🔊

  lush growth (trees)

  12 strokes

• 椰yē🔊

  (bound form) coconut palm

  12 strokes

• 楗jiàn🔊

  material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike

  12 strokes

• 楛hù🔊

  (tree)

  12 strokes

• 楮chǔ🔊

  Broussonetia kasinoki

  12 strokes

• 楰yú🔊

  (tree)

  12 strokes

• 榔láng🔊

  tall tree (archaic)

  12 strokes

• 楼lóu🔊

  house with more than 1 story

  HSK 1

  13 strokes

• 杨yáng🔊

  poplar

  13 strokes

• 业yè🔊

  line of business

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 楚chǔ🔊

  distinct

  13 strokes

• 楞léng🔊

  variant of 稜|棱[leng2]

  13 strokes

• 楠nán🔊

  variant of 楠[nan2]

  13 strokes

• 椿chūn🔊

  Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)

  13 strokes

• 槌chuí🔊

  mallet

  13 strokes

• 楷kǎi🔊

  model

  13 strokes

• 楝liàn🔊

  Melia japonica

  13 strokes

• 㮎bēi🔊

  variant of 杯[bei1]

  13 strokes

• 㮚lì🔊

  old variant of 栗[li4]

  13 strokes

• 棩yuān🔊

  crooked (tree)

  13 strokes

• 椳wēi🔊

  the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns

  13 strokes

• 椴duàn🔊

  Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)

  13 strokes

• 椵jiǎ🔊

  (grapefruit)

  13 strokes

• 椸yí🔊

  clothes-horse

  13 strokes

• 椹shèn🔊

  used in 桑椹[sang1 shen4]

  13 strokes

• 椽chuán🔊

  beam

  13 strokes

• 楀Yǔ🔊

  surname Yu

  13 strokes

• 楂zhā🔊

  Chinese hawthorn

  13 strokes

• 楅bì🔊

  ox yoke placed on the horns

  13 strokes

• 楋là🔊

  (archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts

  13 strokes

• 楍běn🔊

  old variant of 本[ben3]

  13 strokes

• 枫fēng🔊

  maple (genus Acer)

  13 strokes

• 楔xiē🔊

  wedge

  13 strokes

• 楘mù🔊

  ornaments on chariot-shaft

  13 strokes

• 楙mào🔊

  Cydonia japonica

  13 strokes

• 楟tíng🔊

  tree

  13 strokes

• 楢yóu🔊

  Quercus glandulifera

  13 strokes

• 楣méi🔊

  lintel

  13 strokes

• 楦xuàn🔊

  (wooden) shoe last

  13 strokes

• 桢zhēn🔊

  (old) privet (genus Ligustrum)

  13 strokes

• 楩pián🔊

  (tree)

  13 strokes

• 楪dié🔊

  small dish

  13 strokes