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.

• 棁zhuō🔊

  (wooden) stick

  11 strokes

• 梸lí🔊

  old variant of 梨[li2]

  11 strokes

• 梹bīng🔊

  variant of 檳|槟[bing1]

  11 strokes

• 梼táo🔊

  dunce

  11 strokes

• 梾lái🔊

  used in 棶木|梾木[lai2 mu4]

  11 strokes

• 梿lián🔊

  see 槤枷|梿枷[lian2 jia1], flail

  11 strokes

• 棂líng🔊

  (bound form) a (window) lattice; latticework

  11 strokes

• 棻fēn🔊

  aromatic wood

  11 strokes

• 棒bàng🔊

  stick

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 森sēn🔊

  (bound form) densely wooded

  12 strokes

• 棍gùn🔊

  stick; rod; truncheon

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 棵kē🔊

  classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

  HSK 4

  12 strokes

• 棋qí🔊

  chess

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 弃qì🔊

  to abandon

  12 strokes

• 椅yǐ🔊

  chair

  12 strokes

• 棕zōng🔊

  palm

  12 strokes

• 植zhí🔊

  to plant

  12 strokes

• 棚péng🔊

  shed

  12 strokes

• 棉mián🔊

  generic term for cotton or kapok

  HSK 6

  12 strokes

• 棫yù🔊

  (oak)

  12 strokes

• 棺guān🔊

  coffin

  12 strokes

• 棃lí🔊

  variant of 梨[li2], pear

  12 strokes

• 棐fěi🔊

  Torreya nucifera

  12 strokes

• 棑pái🔊

  raft

  12 strokes

• 棘jí🔊

  thorns

  12 strokes

• 棜yù🔊

  tray for carrying sacrificial meats

  12 strokes

• 棠táng🔊

  cherry-apple

  12 strokes

• 棣dì🔊

  Kerria japonica

  12 strokes

• 棤cuò🔊

  rough tree bark

  12 strokes

• 棨qǐ🔊

  tally for going through a pass

  12 strokes

• 棪yǎn🔊

  (tree)

  12 strokes

• 棬quān🔊

  bowl

  12 strokes

• 棯rěn🔊

  jujube tree

  12 strokes

• 棰chuí🔊

  to flog

  12 strokes

• 棱léng🔊

  square beam

  12 strokes

• 棳zhuó🔊

  small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam

  12 strokes

• 棸Zōu🔊

  surname Zou

  12 strokes

• 棹zhào🔊

  oar (archaic)

  12 strokes

• 棼fén🔊

  beams in roof

  12 strokes

• 椁guǒ🔊

  outer coffin

  12 strokes

• 椄jiē🔊

  (archaic) to graft (a branch, bud etc)

  12 strokes

• 椆chóu🔊

  species of tree resistant to cold weather

  12 strokes

• 椈jú🔊

  Fagus sylvatica

  12 strokes

• 椊zuó🔊

  to fit a handle into a socket

  12 strokes

• 椋liáng🔊

  used in 椋鳥|椋鸟[liang2 niao3]

  12 strokes

• 椌qiāng🔊

  (wooden mus. instr.)

  12 strokes

• 椎zhuī🔊

  (bound form) vertebra

  12 strokes

• 椐jū🔊

  Zelkowa acuminata

  12 strokes