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.

• 桩zhuāng🔊

  stump; stake; pile

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 桨jiǎng🔊

  oar; paddle

  10 strokes

• 栓shuān🔊

  bottle stopper

  10 strokes

• 校xiào🔊

  (bound form) school; college

  10 strokes

• 桃táo🔊

  peach

  HSK 5

  10 strokes

• 梆bāng🔊

  watchman's rattle

  10 strokes

• 桂guì🔊

  cassia

  10 strokes

• 栒xún🔊

  cross bar

  10 strokes

• 栔qì🔊

  carve

  10 strokes

• 栖qī🔊

  to perch

  10 strokes

• 栗lì🔊

  chestnut

  10 strokes

• 栘yí🔊

  shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier)

  10 strokes

• 栝guā🔊

  Juniperus chinensis

  10 strokes

• 栟bīng🔊

  Trachycarpus excelsa

  10 strokes

• 栩xǔ🔊

  used in 栩栩[xu3 xu3]

  10 strokes

• 株zhū🔊

  tree trunk

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 栫jiàn🔊

  fence

  10 strokes

• 栭ér🔊

  tree mushroom

  10 strokes

• 栱gǒng🔊

  post

  10 strokes

• 栲kǎo🔊

  chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees

  10 strokes

• 栳lǎo🔊

  basket

  10 strokes

• 栴zhān🔊

  used in 栴檀[zhan1 tan2]

  10 strokes

• 栵lì🔊

  hedge

  10 strokes

• 栻shì🔊

  (tree)

  10 strokes

• 栾luán🔊

  Koelreuteria paniculata

  10 strokes

• 桀jié🔊

  (emperor of Xia dynasty)

  10 strokes

• 桁héng🔊

  pole plate

  10 strokes

• 桄guāng🔊

  used in 桄榔[guang1 lang2]

  10 strokes

• 桅wéi🔊

  mast

  10 strokes

• 桉ān🔊

  Eucalyptus globulus

  10 strokes

• 桋yí🔊

  (tree)

  10 strokes

• 桎zhì🔊

  fetters

  10 strokes

• 桐tóng🔊

  tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)

  10 strokes

• 桓huán🔊

  Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)

  10 strokes

• 桔jié🔊

  used in 桔梗[jie2 geng3]

  10 strokes

• 桕jiù🔊

  Tallow tree

  10 strokes

• 桚zǎn🔊

  old variant of 拶[zan3]

  10 strokes

• 桠yā🔊

  forking branch

  10 strokes

• 桡ráo🔊

  radius (anatomy)

  10 strokes

• 桢zhēn🔊

  (old) privet (genus Ligustrum)

  10 strokes

• 桤qī🔊

  alder

  10 strokes

• 桦huà🔊

  (botany) birch (genus Betula)

  10 strokes

• 桧guì🔊

  Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

  10 strokes

• 梃tǐng🔊

  a club (weapon)

  10 strokes

• 梠lǚ🔊

  beam at the eaves

  10 strokes

• 梴chān🔊

  length (of a tree or beam)

  10 strokes

• 𬂩jiā🔊

  (old) chopsticks

  10 strokes