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.

• 来lái🔊

  to come

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 条tiáo🔊

  strip

  HSK 2

  7 strokes

• 李lǐ🔊

  plum

  7 strokes

• 杠gàng🔊

  coffin-bearing pole (old)

  7 strokes

• 杜dù🔊

  birchleaf pear (tree)

  7 strokes

• 村cūn🔊

  variant of 村[cun1]

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 极jí🔊

  extremely

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 杆gān🔊

  pole

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 杨yáng🔊

  poplar

  7 strokes

• 材cái🔊

  material

  7 strokes

• 束shù🔊

  to bind

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 杖zhàng🔊

  a staff

  7 strokes

• 杉shān🔊

  China fir

  7 strokes

• 杅yú🔊

  bowl

  7 strokes

• 杇wū🔊

  to plaster

  7 strokes

• 杈chā🔊

  fork of a tree

  7 strokes

• 杌wù🔊

  low stool

  7 strokes

• 杏xìng🔊

  apricot

  7 strokes

• 杓biāo🔊

  (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle

  7 strokes

• 杕dì🔊

  lone-standing tree

  7 strokes

• 杗máng🔊

  ridge-pole in roof

  7 strokes

• 杙yì🔊

  post for tethering animals

  7 strokes

• 杝yí🔊

  (tree)

  7 strokes

• 杞qǐ🔊

  Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)

  7 strokes

• 杧máng🔊

  used in 杧果[mang2 guo3]

  7 strokes

• 杩mà🔊

  headboard

  7 strokes

• 枪qiāng🔊

  variant of 槍|枪[qiang1]

  HSK 5

  8 strokes

• 杯bēi🔊

  cup

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 林lín🔊

  (bound form) woods; forest

  8 strokes

• 东dōng🔊

  east

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 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