样 |
appearance, manner, pattern, way, shape
Left: tree 木, right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep.) Trees and sheep have different appearance. |
本 |
roots or stems of plants, book, origin
A tree 木 with roots 一 The tree comes out of the roots as origin and becomes a book. |
机 |
machine, engine, opportunity
Left: tree 木, right: table 几 (cf. ordinary: 凡) This tree turns into a table by use of a machine. |
果 |
fruit, result, indeed
Top: field 田, bottom: tree 木 The 'fields' at the trees are their: fruits. |
校 |
school, to check, to compare, to proofread
Left: tree 木, right: exchange, crossing 交 (developed from the image of a person is sitting cross-legged) Next to the tree, at the intersection, there is: the school. |
桌 |
table
Top: excellent 卓 (Before the day happens: Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent. ), below: part of tree 木 It is excellent to use wood for: a table. |
菜 |
vegetable
Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.) Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables. |
茶 |
tea, tea plant
From top: plant 艹, person 人 and a tree 木 The plant (the leafs), which are plucked by a person from a tree, is tea. |
杯 |
cup, glass, (classifier for glasses)
Left: tree 木, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!) A tree is not yet a cup/glass. |
椅 |
chair
Left: tree/wood 木, right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.] With wood you have big possibilities, such as making: a chair. |
新 |
new, newly, recent
Left: parents 亲 (They stand 立 as supervision in the tree 木), right: axe 斤 Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new. |
条 |
long strip, (long thin things), article, clause (of law or treaty)
Top: crossed legs/upturned foot 夂, below: tree 木 If sb. is sitting crossed-legged in a tree, he appears (from distance) like a long strip. |
乐 |
happy, laugh, cheerful
At top: a kind of protection 厂, below: tree 木 A protected tree is happy. |
床 |
bed, couch
Top: building 广, below: tree 木 It is in the building and wooden: The bed. |
休 |
to rest, to cease, to stop doing sth.
Left: person 亻or 人, right: tree 木 The person goes to a tree to have a rest. |
树 |
tree, to plant
Left: tree 木, right: to reply 对 (Once again 又 to give a skillful 寸 answer.) To the tree I reply (once again with a skillful hand), that it is a tree. |
根 |
root, basis, classifier for long slender objects (cigarettes)
Left: tree 木, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') (not usable as timber) The tree is not good at the roots. (... or if it is too slender) |
检 |
to check, examine, inspect, exercise restraint
Left: tree 木, right: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.) The trees are all together checked. |
相 |
mutually, each other, one another, appearance
Left: tree 木, right: eye 目 At the tree they watch mutually their appearance. |
极 |
extremely, pole (geography, physics), utmost, top
Left: tree 木, right : reach 及 (A hand  stretched with a stick 丿 to reach something.) The tree reaches the extreme utmost. |
楼 |
house with more than 1 story, storied building
Left: tree 木, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.) You need wood for this and you put the rice upstairs (= upper floor, thus protected from e.g. rats), while you yourself 女 are downstairs (= ground floor): in the multi-storey building. |
板 |
plank, board, plate, stiff
Left: tree 木, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing) The tree is opposing against becoming a plank. |
束 |
bundle, to bind, bunch
In the background a tree 木, in front an embracement 口. - The tree 木 stands for many plants 禾, which are bound/lashed with with a ribbon 口 (cf.: double 兼) "Trees" bound by a ribbon make a bundle. |
末 |
end, tip, final stage
Longer upper branch 一 at a tree 木 The top branch is the tree`s end. |
查 |
to examine, to research, to check
Top: tree 木, bottom: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一) - (Here: 旦 as a tree 日 lying flat on the ground 一) Place the tree 木 flat 日 on the ground 一 for: examining. |
李 |
plum
Top: tree 木, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一) The tree that has something for the children is: the plum. |
朵 |
blossom, flower, earlobe
Top: table 几 (Here: image of a closed blossom), below: tree 木 The blossom in a tree stands for: 'blossom'. |
梯 |
ladder, stairs, steps
Left: tree 木, right: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷 arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother.) It is wooden and for my younger brother (to be as tall as me): a ladder. |
标 |
surface, sign, to mark, award, indication
Left: tree 木, right: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八) (Looking towards the horizon:) Trees show at the surface. |
概 |
general, approximate
Left: tree 木, right: previous/before 既 (It is 'not good' 艮 with a 'false tusk' 牙, that's already since, ..) A tree and a not-good tusk (as drawn) are approximately in general (the same)? |
杂 |
mixed, miscellaneous, various, mingle
Top: nine 九, below: tree 木, simplified from 雑, which was with bird 隹 Nine trees [even without birds] are miscellanous and mixed. |
困 |
to surround, sleepy, tired, distress
Outside: enclosure 囗 as a fence, inside: tree 木 The fenced tree is surrounded and in distress. (Even though the person 亻wanted a fence 口 for the tree 木 to protect 保 it.) |
亲 |
parent, relative/intimate, close, kiss
Top: to stand 立, bottom: tree 木 (simplified from: 親, which comprised 'to see' 見) They stand in a tree and look after the close ones: The parents |
松 |
loose, to loosen, to relax, pine (=tree)
Left: tree 木, right: public 公 (Eight 八 noses 厶 form the public.) A tree for the public is the pine tree. |
案 |
proposal, record, (legal) case, incident
Top: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful.), below: tree 木 Peace in the trees is my proposal. |
材 |
material, timber, ability
Left: tree 木, right: talent, skills 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.) Use a tree and your talent to make: timber. (Or: Wood with 'talent', [= good properties] is used as construction timber.) |
森 |
forest
Three trees 木 symbolize the forest. |
植 |
to plant, plantation
Left: tree 木, right: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ that is straight.) The trees are straightly planted. |
染 |
to dye, catch (a disease), contaminate
Top: water 氵, nine 九, bottom: tree 木 You need water (= liquid) in 9 (colors, namely the 7 colors of the rainbow + black/white), obtained from trees, to dye with it. |
深 |
deep, profound, dark (of color)
Left: water 氵, right: 罙 (var. or hole 穴, tree 木) The water hole at the tree is deep. |
桥 |
bridge
Left: tree 木, right: tall 乔 (top:夭, here: sky 天: [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall]) It is made of trees, that were sky-tall: The bridge. |
格 |
grid, lattice, pattern, square, standard
Left: tree 木, right: each/every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.) (In a tree nursery?) The trees, namely every, are in a grid. |
术 |
skill, method, technique
Tree 木 with emphasis 丶 To hang something up in a tree, you need skills. |
棵 |
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
Left: tree 木, right: fruit, result 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木) Trees that bear fruit are to be counted. |
棒 |
stick, bat, cudgel, smart, strong
Left: tree 木, right: offer 奉 (Three 三 persons 人 stretch out hand 扌,手 respectfully for the offering.) A tree is suitable (= it offers itself) for making: sticks and poles. |
桶 |
bucket, (trash) can, barrel (of oil etc)
Left: tree 木, right 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [= A fence 用 can be used.]) It's made of wood and the bent person uses it: The bucket. |
橡 |
oak, acorn
Left: tree 木, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.) A tree as tall as an elephant: The oak. |
柿 |
persimmon
Left: tree 木, right: town/market 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.) (It can not be stored for a long time) From the tree (directly) to the market: the persimmon. |
架 |
framework, to support, frame, rack, kidnapping
Top: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat]), bottom: tree 木 Add a tree to get a framework. |
模 |
model, mold, matrix, standard, norm, to imitate
Left: tree 木, right: negative 莫 (to sink/go down: sunset 日 between plants 艹, 艹= 大) [sunrise is: 旦 or  ] Wood is used as a 'negative'-mold for making a standard model. |
杀 |
to kill, to murder
Top: marking 㐅, below: tree 木 The marking at the tree shows, where he was killed. |
某 |
a certain, some(thing), such-and-such
Top: sweet 甘 (Laughing mouth 廿 with sth. 一 in), bottom: tree 木 Sweets from the tree for a certain person. |
木 |
tree, wood, wooden
Image of a (fir) tree with trunk and some branches. |
权 |
(human) rights, authority, power
Left: tree 木, right: (once)again, also 又 (image of a hand) (To touch) a tree by hand is (everybody's) right. |
枪 |
firearm, rifle, spear
Left: tree 木, right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse) It is built with wood (at least the handle?) and it turns a person 人 into a slumped person 㔾: the firearm! |
村 |
village
Left: tree 木, right: unit of length 寸 (often seen as: "skillful hand" (Historically a palisade [= a fence] was used as defense around the village) Trees are erected with skillful hands to (protect): the village. |
呆 |
foolish, stupid, expressionless
Top: mouth 口, below: tree 木 A mouth eating a tree is foolish. |
闲 |
leisure, free time, unoccupied, not busy
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: tree 木 Through the gate out to the trees, when you are at leisure. |
柔 |
soft, flexible, supple, yielding
Image of a spear 矛 (= developed from a barbed lance) that is positioned in the top of a tree 木, where the wood is still weak. A spear made out of the top of a tree is soft and flexible. |
集 |
to gather, collect, collected works
Top: bird 隹 (alternative to 鸟/鳥), below: tree 木 The Birds on a tree are: gathering. |
荣 |
thriving, prosperous, booming, glory
Top: plant 艹 (here: a lot of green), bottom: cover 冖, tree 木 If there are 'lots of green' as the cover of a tree, it is: thriving. |
档 |
file, shelve, official records, grade (of goods)
Left: tree 木, right: act as 当 (Also a small 小 hand  /彐 acts as such.) A tree can also act as a file or shelve. |
桃 |
peach
Left: tree 木, right: sign, omen, trillion 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell [used for divination]) The tree with a stone like a turtle shell is: the peach. |
柴 |
firewood, lean (meat), thin (person)
Top: this, these 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person), below: tree 木 This wood is thin and thus firewood. |
柜 |
cupboard, cabinet, wardrobe
Left: tree 木, right: huge 巨 (staring eye) Made of wood and huge: The cupboard. |
析 |
to analyze, to divide, to separate
Left: tree 木, right: axe 斤 The tree is divided with an axe for the: analysis. |
棋 |
chess
Left: tree 木, right: image of a grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [ thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk) [here: 其 as the play field] There is a wooden play field at: chess. |
未 |
not yet, earthly, year 8 of the Sheep
Tree 木 with upper shorter branch 一 As the upper branch is still shorter, the tree is "not yet". |
述 |
to narrate, to state, to tell, formulate
Left: movement 辶, right: skill, method 术 (To hang something 丶 up in a tree 木, you need skills) About the movements of the marked tree it has been narrated. |
核 |
nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine
Left: tree 木, right: (zodiac) pig 亥/豕 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶) Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei. |
嗓 |
throat, voice
Left: mouth 口, right: mulberry tree 桑 (three times hand 又, harvesting in the tree 木) The mouths when harvesting in the mulberry tree (are singing) with full throat. |
构 |
to construct, to form, to compose
Left: tree 木, right: hook, sketch 勾 (two hooks 勹, 厶 in engagement) (in truss construction) When trees are "hooked-in", you: construct. |
梳 |
a comb, to comb
Left: tree 木, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child 子 turned upside down  : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川) [[here: see 㐬 as a simplification of "to flow, stream" 流]]) This wood can stream 流 through (the hair), because it is: a comb. |
梨 |
pear (fruit)
Top: profit 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 brings profit.), bottom: tree 木 A profitable tree is the pear. |
椒 |
pepper
Left: tree 木, right: younger uncle 叔 (sweet pepper plant 尗, hand 又) From a tree is this pepper is taken by hand: the pepper. |
桔 |
tangerine
Left: tree 木, right: happy 吉 (simplific. of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.) The tree that makes you happy is the tangerine. |
杜 |
birchleaf pear (tree), to stop, to restrict
Left: tree 木, right: earth 土 A tree that is especially depending on the earth is the: pear tree. |
枚 |
classifier for coins, rings, rockets, tree trunk
Left: tree 木, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜) From a tree you strike (=cut) coins, rings or trunks. |
枝 |
branch, sticks, rods, pencils
Left: tree 木, right: support/branch 支 (hand 又, holding a twig 十.) A tree with a branch as a symbol for branch or long item. |
棉 |
cotton or kapok
Left: tree 木, right: silk 帛 (= white 白 cloth 巾) From a tree comes this 'silk' (= white cloth): cotton. |
杆 |
pole, stick, lever, "long objects"
Left: tree 木, right: dry 干 (laundry rack) A tree that is dry (= dead), serves as a pole. |
桑 |
mulberry tree
Three hands 叒 又, tree 木 Three hands in a tree: This must be a mulberry. (Harvesting leaves for the silkworms) |
朴 |
plain and simple, unadorned
Left: tree 木, right: divine 卜 (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination) That tree shall be guessed, which is plain and simple. |
栏 |
column (of balance sheet), fence, hurdle, box
Left: tree 木, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals) As trees and orchids grow upwards, (the rows/cells 三 are) in columns of a spreadsheet. |
探 |
to explore, to search out, to visit
Left: hand 扌, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木) The hand in the hole of the tree is exploring. |
横 |
horizontal, across, rude, unreasonable, perverse
Left: tree 木, right: yellow 黄 (Together 共 the field 田 [in fall] turn yellow.) (A cut or felled) tree turns yellow, when lying horizontally. |
框 |
frame (e.g. door frame), casing, framework, template
Left: tree 木, right: rectify 匡 (The country 国 of the king 王 is not complete, which must be rectified.) The (missing) wood 丨 is for a rectified frame 囗. |
枯 |
withered, dried up
Left: tree 木, right: old 古 (originally: skull, but better as the image of a tomb stone) The tree is old and withered. |
晰 |
understanding
Left: sun 日, right: analysieren 析 (The tree 木 is divided with an axe 斤 for analysing.) In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable. |
刹 |
Buddhist monastery 剎多羅, to brake, stop
Left: to kill 杀 (marker 㐅 in the tree 木, where he was killed), right: knife 刂 The cross at the tree was made with a knife and marks the area of the monastery. |
棍 |
rod, stick, truncheon
Left: tree 木, right: elder brother, insect 昆 (orignially image of an insect with carapace 日 and legs 比) It is made of wood it can hit/bite like an insect: a rod or truncheon. |
渠 |
ditch, drain, stream or canal
Top: water 氵 and: huge 巨 (= staring eye), bottom: tree 木 The water came in huge volumes (and flowed) at the tree into the: ditch. |
栽 |
to plant, to grow, to insert
Left: ten 十, tree 木 (cf. abundant 丰), right: halberd 戈 Using a halberd (i.e. used as a plow) ten trees were planted. |
杖 |
a rod, stick, cane, walking stick
Left: tree 木, right: unit of length 丈 (3.3m = big person 大 with a wide step) (You need it when stumbling [= big step]) The wood for the big step is the (walking) stick. |
椎 |
spine, vertebra, backbone, mallet
Left: tree 木, right: bird 隹 Like a tree (better a branch) on which birds are sitting appears: the backbone with its spines. |
械 |
machine, appliance, tool, gear, mechanical
Left: tree 木, right: admonish/warning 戒 (two hands 廾 holding a halberd 戈 to admonish) If you use wood and your hands to make a halberd, you need: a machine. |
株 |
tree(s)trunk, stump (tree root), [classifier]
Left: tree 木, right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?) The tree turns red seeing that he is used as a classifier. |
朽 |
decay, rotten, degenerate
Left: tree 木, right: seaweed 丂 Trees become like seaweed when they are decaying. |
榜 |
public list of names (i.e. examinees)
Left: tree 木, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.) At the tree's side is: a list of names. |
枕 |
pillow, to rest one's head
Left: tree 木, right: 冘 (person 大 with broken arms 冖 and leg 乚) Under the tree, there is sb. with broken limbs. Bring him a pillow! |
柱 |
pillar, pole, post
Left: tree 木, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.) The tree feels like a "master", if it serves as a pillar. |
捆 |
to tie together, bundle, a bunch
Left: hand 扌, right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure 囗 the tree 木 is in distress) The hand "surrounds" sth, if it ties together as a bundle. |
栋 |
ridgepole of building, classifier for buildings
Left: tree 木, right: east 东/東 (here: 木 as ridge beam, located horizontal at the roof's top, which supports at both sides boards 日 to form the roof) The tree located at the top, which supports the roof's boards 日 is the ridgepole. |
杰 |
heroic, outstanding person, prominent
Top: tree 木, bottom: fire 灬 (here: many roots) A tree with such many roots stands heroically. |
棕 |
palm tree, palm fiber, coir (coconut fiber)
Left: tree 木, right: religion/teaching 宗 (The 'roof' 宀 over the altar 示 [=to show] is the religion.) The tree that has a roof 宀 to show 示, is the palm tree. |
梢 |
tip of branch
Left: tree 木, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.) The trees are alike at the tips of the branches. Or: The three has small bodies at the tip of the branches. |
揉 |
to knead, to massage, to rub
Left: hand 扌, right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft&flexible) The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage. |
枉 |
twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain
Left: tree 木, right: king/jade 王 (jade itself is also: 玉) If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked. |
桨 |
paddle, oar
Top: bed 丬(here: simplification of fragment 爿 cf. 片) and evening 夕 (here: image of a paddle), bottom: tree 木 A (whittled) fragment, that looks like a paddle 夕, and is made of wood: the paddle. |
柬 |
card, letter, note, notice
Bundle 束 (The tree 木 stands for many plants, which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 or the like (cf. 兼) with extra parts 丷 The bundle with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter. |
杠 |
carrying pole, horizontal bar, lever, crowbar
Left: tree 木, right: build 工 Wood serves at construction /building as a: carrying pole. |
梁 |
beam of roof, ridgepole, bridge
Top: water 氵and 刅 (double-edged 丷 sword 刀), bottom: tree 木 It can over-'bridge' a water and the sword worked it into a double-sided wood/tree: The beam. |
渣 |
slag (smelting), remainder, dregs
Left: water 氵, right: examine 查 (the tree 木 at the sun rise 旦) When washing 氵 wood 木 on a grid 日, dirt 一 falls down and forms the slag. |
椭 |
ellipse, oval, elliptic
From left: tree 木, hill 阝, exist, have 有 (I have hand  and body 月, thus I am existing.) (not a round cross-section) Trees that have sth. "hill-like" in their existence are: oval. |
沐 |
to bathe, to cleanse, to receive
Left: water 氵, right: tree 木 The water at the tree is for bathing. |
橙 |
orange tree, orange (color)
Left: tree 木, right: to climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it.) The tree, you climb, is the: orange tree. |
榨 |
to squeeze (out juice), to extract, salted vegetable
Left: tree 木, right: narrow 窄 (The opening 穴 [= slit/notch] made by a saw 乍 is narrow.) If the tree shall pass through the narrow, it must be squeezed. |
梅 |
plum (=ume), Japanese apricot
Left: tree 木, right: every 每 (every person 人 =  has a mother 母.) A tree everybody has is the plum tree. |
梭 |
to move back and forth, shuttle (textiles)
Left: tree 木, right: dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂) The wood, with a nose at the front, legs at the end and upturns is a shuttle (at the loom). |
棺 |
coffin
Left: tree 木, right: government 官 (Under one roof 宀 with connected ノ rooms 吕) They are wooden and below a cover the coffins 吕 are piled. |
桂 |
laurel, cassia, abbr. for Guangxi 广西壮族自治区
Left: tree 木, right: 2x earth 圭 The tree on the piled earth is the laurel. |
桐 |
Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)
Left: tree 木, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same.) These trees look alike: the wood-oil trees. |
杉 |
fir, pine, cedar
Left: tree 木, right: hair 彡 A tree with hair is the cedar or fir. |
樱 |
cherry
Left: tree 木, right: infant, baby 婴 (Sucking mouths 冂 at the nipples 人 of the woman 女 indicate infants/babies - Here: 贝 as hanging cherries The tree with hanging cherries for the woman is: the cherry. |
杏 |
apricot
Top: tree 木, bottom: mouth 口 (The storage life is limited.) From the tree straight into the mouth: The apricot. |
枣 |
dates, jujube
Top: Tree 木 with thorns 朿, bottom: two fruits 二 The thorned tree with fallen fruits is the: dates-(palm). |
棘 |
thorns
Shows twice a tree 木 with thorns 朿 |
棚 |
shed, canopy, shack
Left: tree 木, right: friends 朋 (Two bodies 月/肉 next to each other are friends.) This tree will be within two months: a shed. |
棱 |
edge, arris (=sharp ridge), corner, protrusion
Left: tree 木, right: slowly, dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling.) The trees are slow (in growth) at: the (mountain's) ridge. |
栖 |
to perch, to rest (of birds), dwell, live, to stay
Left: tree 木, right: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below horizon 一 at sunset in the west.) At the tree with the evening-sun (= west side) is a good place to rest. |
柏 |
cedar, cypress
Left: tree 木, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white) (The wax surface of the needles reflects silvery) The tree that is white is the cedar. |
柄 |
handle or shaft (of tool), stem (flower or fruit)
Left: tree 木, right: number 3: 丙 (here: image of a handle) A tree that is third class, is used for handles/shafts. |
梗 |
stem, stalk, to block, to hinder
Left: tree 木, right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more.) [丈 = Big 大 person with a wide step.] The tree has furthermore a stem. |
栓 |
plug, bottle stopper, wooden pin
Left: tree 木, right: all 全 (The person 人 of the king 王 means all.) The trees will all be plugs. |
棠 |
cherry-apple
Top: esteem, to value 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), below: tree 木 (呆=stupid, foolish) There is esteem for this tree: the cherry-apple. |
桩 |
post, stake, stump, pile, affair
Left: tree 木, right: farmstead 庄 (building 广 at the earth 土) The trees at the farmstead become: posts. |
槽 |
trough, manger, groove, channel
Left: tree 木, right: class/group 曹 (The seedlings 由 from the field 田 are tied-up 一 and put into baskets 日 for: classification.) Trees of the same class are used for making thoughs or mangers. |
栅 |
fence, grid
Left: tree 木, right: book, booklet 册 (here: image of a fence) Using trees you build this fence. |
柳 |
willow (tree)
Left: tree 木, right: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers) or variation of egg 卵 (= pictograph of fish roe) The tree with the 'eggs' (= pussy willow catkin) is a willow. |
榻 |
low bed, couch
Left: tree 木, right: sun 日 (here: pillow) and wings/feathers 羽 (here: feather bed or comforter) Made of wood, with a pillow, and a feather-bed (duvet): a bed or couch. |
橱 |
wardrobe, closet, cabinet
Left: tree 木, right: kitchen 厨 (The kitchen table 厂, at which beans 豆 are processed with skillful hands 寸, is in the kitchen.) Its made of wood and is in the kitchen: the wardrobe. |
杨 |
poplar
Left: tree 木, right: easy 易 (= warming sunshine) This tree is slender, so you have warming sunshine next to it: The poplar. |
檐 |
eaves, ledge or brim
Left: tree 木, right: verbose, excellent 詹 (Who, when looking upwards 厃, is using eight 八 words 言, is verbose.) The tree is excellent as: eaves. |
槐 |
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica), Japanese pagoda tree
Left: tree 木, right: demon, devil 鬼 The tree of the deval is the: Chinese scholar tree |
桓 |
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
Left: tree 木, right: extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 (the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一) The tree as with a soap 日 between two 二 hands: The soapberry-tree. |
宋 |
the Song dynasty (960-1279)
Top: Roof 宀, below: tree 木 The Song Dynasty as the last of the 5 dynasties had roofs over the trees? |
栈 |
palisade, wood or bamboo trestlework, warehouse, inn
Left: tree 木, right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈) When a tree is (split) into two using a halberd, then for a palisade or warehouse. |
札 |
wooden board for writing, short note
Left: tree 木, right: kneeling person 乚 (here: image of a board) Using a tree you make boards for notes. |
涤 |
wash, cleanse
Left: water 氵, right: strip, long thin things 条 (If sb. is sitting with crossed legs 夂 in a tree 木, he appears [from distance] like a long strip) (Steady supply of fresh water) Water should flow in long strips when: washing. |
楞 |
corner, edge, square beam
Left: tree 木, right: drag net/eye 罒, direction, square 方 Made of wood and you can arrange three 罒 in a direction: the cornered square beams. |
枫 |
maple
Left: tree 木, right: wind 风/風 (insect 㐅=虫 in a sail 几) This tree has (large) leaves that are blown by the wind: the maple. |
榆 |
elm
Left: tree 木, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead  gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭]) The tree for the tip of an arrow 箭 is: the elm. |
樊 |
fence, cage
Top: 棥 (two crosses 爻 as boundaries between two trees 木), bottom: big 大 Between the trees there are boundaries 爻 and form at a big: cage or fence. |
喳 |
twitter, chirp
Left: mouth 口, right: examine 查 (For the trees 木 we need daylight 日 (after sunrise 旦) for examining them.) The mouths (= beaks) in the trees after sunrise are: twittering. |
寨 |
stronghold, stockade, camp, village
From top: roof 宀, a well 井, table  , tree 木 For (protecting) our roofs and wells, we use tables and trees to (build) a: stronghold. |
柯 |
handle of axe, stem
Left: tree 木, right: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible) Wood of a tree has the possibility to be used as a handle (of an axe). |
梧 |
Sterculia platanifolia
Left: tree 木, right: I, my 吾 This tree is my: Sterculia platanifolia |
栗 |
chestnut, afraid, trembling
Top: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west), bottom: tree 木 There is a downward movement (falling chestnuts) at this tree: the chestnut. |
琛 |
precious stone, gem, treasure
Left: king, jade 王, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木 The 'jade' in the hole at the tree is a precious stone. |
槛 |
banister, balustrade, cage, door sill, threshold
Left: tree 木, right: supervise 监 (For the cut bamboo 监 [= knife刂 & half bamboo 竹] is a bowl 皿 for its supervision) Wood that 'supervises' is a banister or door sill. |
樵 |
firewood, gather wood
Left: tree 木, right: scorched, burnt 焦 The tree that is scorched is: firewood. |
檀 |
sandalwood, hardwood
Left: tree 木, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦) The tree that grows in the shade (=covered) all around at sunrise: is the sandalwood. |
橄 |
olive
Left: tree 木, right: to dare 敢 (One 乛 ear 耳 was hit 攵: how daring!), here: 乛 and 耳 as a press (For oil extraction) The tree where you need a press and strikes, is the: olive. |
枢 |
hinge, pivot, hub
Left: tree 木, right: district, ward 区 (Here: a pivot bearing 匚 with an engraved hole 㐅, in which a tree 木 is put for bearing. [cf: rotate 扭] A tree in a pivot bearing for hinge or pivot. |
楷 |
regular script (calligraphic style), model, pattern
Left: tree 木, right: every/each 皆 (I compare 比 but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!) Like trees are all (of the strokes) in the regular script. |
桅 |
mast
Left: tree 木, right: danger 危 (The bent person ⺈ on the cliff 厂 could (by falling) change into a slumped person 㔾: That's the danger!) [厄= unlucky] (When you climb up) The tree that brings danger is: the mast. |
榄 |
olive
Left: tree 木, right: to look at, to view 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at) This tree you should look at: the olive. |
橘 |
mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), tangerine
Left: tree 木, right: 矞 (spear 矛, variation of sell 商) At this tree you pluck with a spear and sell: the mandarin. |
枷 |
cangue (wooden collar as punishment)
Left: tree 木, right: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat]) If 'wood' is added to you, then in form of a cangue. |
楠 |
Machilus nanmu, Chinese cedar, Chinese giant redwood
Left: tree 木, right: south 南 (It costs ten 十 Yen ¥, for the entrance 冂 towards south.) The tree with the proununciation 'nán', as used at 'south' is the: Nanmu. |
桢 |
hardwood, supports, posts
Left: tree 木, right: faithful 贞 (Who divines 卜 for money 贝 must be faithful) The tree is faithful when it is hardwood. |
栩 |
vivid, lifelike, oak (Quercus serrata)
Left: tree 木, right: wing 羽 The tree (moves) like a wing because it is: vivid. |
梓 |
Catalpa kaempferi, (Indian bean tree), printing blocks
Left: tree 木, right: bitter, hot (taste) 辛 (image of a tattoo needle) The tree that is bitter is: the Indian bean tree. |
榴 |
pomegranate
Left: tree 木, right: remain 留 (The bent person  with the sword 刀 shall on the field 田 to remain) (long storage life) It comes from a tree and can remain [long-time]: The pomegranate. |
杭 |
City Hangzhou 杭州
Left: tree 木, right: overbearing 亢 (The sturdy navigator 亢 known from navigation 航 with a broad neck and wearing a cap.) Trees and sailors are in the coastal city of Hangzhou. |
蹂 |
trample
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft & flexible) The feet destroy until everything is soft and flexible, when: trampling. |
杞 |
boxthorn (Lycium chinense), willow
Left: tree 木, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.) The tree itself is a boxthorn. |
楔 |
to wedge, wedge
Left: tree 木, right: to carve, contract 契 The wood, that is carved serves as: a wedge. |
桦 |
birch tree, Betula japonica
Left: tree 木, right: magnificent, flowery 华 (The change 化 makes it tenfold 十 as magnificent) (The bark and sap are usable) The tree that is magnificent is the birch. |
枭 |
owl, brave, smuggler, drug pusher
Top: bird 鸟/鳥, bottom: tree 木 The bird in the tree is: the owl. |
椰 |
coconut palm
Left: tree 木, right: (phonetic yē) 耶 i.e. Jesus The tree with the pronounciation 'yē' is the coconut palm. |
檬 |
lemon
Left: tree 木, right: deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕?: You deceiver!) (It is surprisingly sour) The tree that cheats is: the lemon. |
榈 |
palm tree
Left: tree 木, right: 闾 (gate 门/門 und pitchpipe 吕 here: 2 jujube/dates) The tree at the gate with the 2 jujubes: The palm. |