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