The Chinese Radical: 木

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Meaning	tree    木
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Used in these characters: 样 JLPT HSK 1 appearance, manner, pattern, way, shape yàng 木 羊 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 JLPT HSK 1 roots or stems of plants, book, origin běn 本 木 A tree 木 with roots 一 The tree comes out of the roots as origin and becomes a book.   机 JLPT HSK 1 machine, engine, opportunity jī 木 几 Left: tree 木, right: table 几 (cf. ordinary: 凡) This tree turns into a table by use of a machine.   果 JLPT HSK 1 fruit, result, indeed guǒ 果 田 木 Top: field 田, bottom: tree 木 The 'fields' at the trees are their: fruits.   校 JLPT HSK 1 school, to check, to compare, to proofread jiào, xiào 木 交 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 JLPT HSK 1 table zhuō 卓 卜 木 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 JLPT HSK 1 vegetable cài 艹 采 爫 木 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 JLPT HSK 1 tea, tea plant chá 艹 人 木 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 JLPT HSK 1 cup, glass, (classifier for glasses) bēi 木 不 Left: tree 木, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!) A tree is not yet a cup/glass.   椅 JLPT HSK 1 chair yǐ 木 奇 大 可 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 JLPT HSK 2 new, newly, recent xīn 亲 立 木 斤 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 JLPT HSK 2 long strip, (long thin things), article, clause (of law or treaty) tiáo 夂 木 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 JLPT HSK 2 happy, laugh, cheerful lè, yuè 丿 木 乐 At top: a kind of protection 厂, below: tree 木 A protected tree is happy.   床 JLPT HSK 2 bed, couch chuáng 广 木 Top: building 广, below: tree 木 It is in the building and wooden: The bed.   休 JLPT HSK 2 to rest, to cease, to stop doing sth. xiū 人 木 Left: person 亻or 人, right: tree 木 The person goes to a tree to have a rest.   树 JLPT HSK 3 tree, to plant shù 木 又 寸 Left: tree 木, right: to reply 对 (Once again 又 to give a skillful 寸 answer.) [又 shows a hand] You need a tree and both hands (this hand 又 and your skillful hand 寸) to plant that tree.   根 JLPT HSK 3 root, basis, classifier for long slender objects (cigarettes) gēn 木 艮 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 JLPT HSK 3 to check, examine, inspect, exercise restraint jiǎn 木 佥 Left: tree 木, right: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.) The trees are all together checked.   相 JLPT HSK 3 mutually, each other, one another, appearance xiāng, xiàng 相 目 木 Left: tree 木, right: eye 目 At the tree they watch mutually their appearance.   极 JLPT HSK 3 extremely, pole (geography, physics), utmost, top jí 木 及 Left: tree 木, right: to reach 及 (A hand stretched with a stick 丿 to reach something.) The tree reaches the extreme utmost.   楼 JLPT HSK 3 house with more than 1 floors/stories lóu 木 娄 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-story building.   板 JLPT HSK 3 plank, board, plate, stiff bǎn 木 反 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 JLPT HSK 3 bundle, to bind, bunch shù 束 木 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 JLPT HSK 3 end, tip, final stage mò 末 木 Shows a longer upper branch 一 at a tree 木 The top branch is the tree`s end.   查 JLPT HSK 3 to examine, to research, to check chá, zhā 木 旦 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 JLPT HSK 3 plum lǐ 木 子 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 JLPT HSK 3 blossom, flower, earlobe duǒ 朵 几 木 Top: table 几 (Here: image of a closed blossom), below: tree 木 Ihe image of a blossom in a tree stands for: 'blossom'.   梯 JLPT HSK 3 ladder, stairs, steps tī 木 弟 丷 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 make him as tall as me): a ladder.   标 JLPT HSK 4 surface, sign, to mark, award, indication biāo 木 示 Left: tree 木, right: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八) (Looking towards the horizon:) Trees show at the surface.   概 JLPT HSK 4 general, approximate gài 木 既 艮 牙 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 JLPT HSK 4 mixed, miscellaneous, various, mingle zá 九 木 Top: nine 九, below: tree 木, simplified from 雑, which was with bird 隹 Nine trees [even without birds] are miscellaneous and mixed.   困 JLPT HSK 4 to surround, sleepy, tired, distress kùn 囗 木 Outside: enclosure 囗 as a fence, inside: tree 木 The fenced tree is surrounded and in distress. (cf. to protect 保 = Even though the person 亻wanted a fence 口 over the tree 木 to protect 保 it.)   亲 JLPT HSK 4 parent, relative/intimate, close, kiss qīn, qìng 亲 立 木 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 JLPT HSK 4 loose, to loosen, to relax, pine (=tree) sōng 木 公 Left: tree 木, right: public 公 (Eight 八 noses 厶 form the public.) A tree for the public is the pine tree.   案 JLPT HSK 4 proposal, record, (legal) case, incident àn 安 木 Top: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful.), below: tree 木 Peace in the trees is my proposal.   材 JLPT HSK 4 material, timber, ability cái 木 才 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 JLPT HSK 4 forest sēn 木 3 Three trees 木 symbolize the forest.   植 JLPT HSK 4 to plant, plantation zhí 木 直 Left: tree 木, right: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.) (In a nursery the trees are planted in a matrix:) The trees are straightly planted.   染 JLPT HSK 4 to dye, catch (a disease), contaminate rǎn 氵 九 木 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 JLPT HSK 4 deep, profound, dark (of color) shēn 氵 穴 木 Left: water 氵, right: 罙 (var. or hole 穴, tree 木) The water hole at the tree is deep.   桥 JLPT HSK 4 bridge qiáo 木 乔 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 JLPT HSK 4 grid, lattice, pattern, square, standard gé 木 各 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 JLPT HSK 4 skill, method, technique shù, zhú 木 丶 Tree 木 with emphasis 丶 To hang something up in a tree, you need skills.   棵 JLPT HSK 4 classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc kē 木 果 Left: tree 木, right: fruit, result 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木) Trees that bear fruit are to be counted.   棒 JLPT HSK 4 stick, bat, cudgel, smart, strong bàng 木 奉 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 JLPT HSK 4 bucket, (trash) can, barrel (of oil etc) tǒng 木 甬 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 JLPT HSK 4 oak, acorn xiàng 木 象 豕 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 JLPT HSK 4 persimmon shì 木 市 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 JLPT HSK 5 framework, to support, frame, rack, kidnapping jià 加 木 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 JLPT HSK 5 model, mold, matrix, standard, norm, to imitate mó, mú 木 莫 Left: tree 木, right: negative, sunset 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [To compare: sunrise is: 旦 or ] (When producing identical parts, the clay is pressed into a concave counter mold.) Wood is used as a 'negative'-mold for making a standard model.   杀 JLPT HSK 5 to kill, to murder shā 㐅 木 Top: marking 㐅, below: tree 木 The marking at the tree shows, where he was killed.   某 JLPT HSK 5 a certain, some(thing), such-and-such mǒu 某 甘 木 Top: sweet 甘 (Laughing mouth 廿 with sth. 一 in), bottom: tree 木 Sweets from the tree for a certain person.   木 JLPT HSK 5 tree, wood, wooden mù 木 Image of a (fir) tree with trunk and some branches.   权 JLPT HSK 5 (human) rights, authority, power quán 木 又 Left: tree 木, right: (once)again, also 又 (image of a hand) (To touch) a tree by hand is (everybody's) right.   枪 JLPT HSK 5 firearm, rifle, spear qiāng 木 仓 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 JLPT HSK 5 village cūn 木 寸 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 JLPT HSK 5 foolish, stupid, expressionless dāi 口 木 Top: mouth 口, below: tree 木 A mouth eating a tree is foolish.   闲 JLPT HSK 5 leisure, free time, unoccupied, not busy xián 门 木 Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: tree 木 Through the gate out to the trees, when you are at leisure.   柔 JLPT HSK 5 soft, flexible, supple, yielding róu 矛 木 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 JLPT HSK 5 to gather, collect, collected works jí, jì 隹 木 喿 Top: bird 隹 (alternative to 鸟/鳥), below: tree 木 The Birds on a tree are: gathering.   荣 JLPT HSK 5 thriving, prosperous, booming, glory róng 艹 冖 木 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 JLPT HSK 5 file, shelve, official records, grade (of goods) dàng 木 彐 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 JLPT HSK 5 peach táo 木 兆 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 JLPT HSK 5 firewood, lean (meat), thin (person) chái 此 木 Top: this, these 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person), below: tree 木 This wood is thin and thus firewood.   柜 JLPT HSK 5 cupboard, cabinet, wardrobe guì, jǔ 木 巨 Left: tree 木, right: huge 巨 (staring eye) Made of wood and huge: The cupboard.   析 JLPT HSK 5 to analyze, to divide, to separate xī 木 斤 Left: tree 木, right: axe 斤 The tree is divided with an axe for the: analysis.   棋 JLPT HSK 5 chess qí 木 其 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 JLPT HSK 5 not yet, earthly, year 8 of the Sheep wèi 未 木 Tree 木 with upper shorter branch 一 As the upper branch is still shorter, the tree is "not yet".   述 JLPT HSK 5 to narrate, to state, to tell, formulate shù 辶 木 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 JLPT HSK 5 nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine hé 木 亥 ノ 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 JLPT HSK 5 throat, voice sǎng 口 又 木 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 JLPT HSK 5 to construct, to form, to compose gòu 木 勾 Left: tree 木, right: hook, sketch 勾 (two hooks 勹, 厶 in engagement) (in truss construction) When trees are "hooked-in", you: construct.   梳 JLPT HSK 5 a comb, to comb shū 木 㐬 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 JLPT HSK 5 pear (fruit) lí 利 木 Top: profit 利 (Harvesting rice plants 禾 with a knife刂 brings profit.), bottom: tree 木 A profitable tree is the pear.   椒 JLPT HSK 5 pepper jiāo 木 叔 尗 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 JLPT HSK 5 tangerine jié, jú 木 吉 Left: tree 木, right: happy 吉 (simplification 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 JLPT HSK 6 birchleaf pear (tree), to stop, to restrict dù 木 土 Left: tree 木, right: earth 土 A tree that is especially depending on the earth is the: pear tree.   枚 JLPT HSK 6 classifier for coins, rings, rockets, tree trunk méi 木 攴 Left: tree 木, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜) From a tree you strike (=cut) coins, rings or trunks.   枝 JLPT HSK 6 branch, sticks, rods, pencils zhī 木 支 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 JLPT HSK 6 cotton or kapok mián 木 帛 Left: tree 木, right: silk 帛 (= white 白 cloth 巾) From a tree comes this 'silk' (= white cloth): cotton.   杆 JLPT HSK 6 pole, stick, lever, "long objects" gān, gǎn 木 干 Left: tree 木, right: dry 干 (laundry rack) A tree that is dry (= dead), serves as a pole.   桑 JLPT HSK 6 mulberry tree sāng 木 又 Three hands 叒 又, tree 木 Three hands in a tree: This must be a mulberry. (Harvesting leaves for the silkworms)   朴 JLPT HSK 6 plain and simple, unadorned pò, pǔ, piào, pō 木 卜 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 JLPT HSK 6 column (of balance sheet), fence, hurdle, box lán 木 兰 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 JLPT HSK 6 to explore, to search out, to visit tàn 扌 穴 木 Left: hand 扌, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木) The hand in the hole of the tree is exploring.   横 JLPT HSK 6 horizontal, across, rude, unreasonable, perverse héng, hèng 木 黄 共 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 JLPT HSK 6 frame (e.g. door frame), casing, framework, template kuàng 木 匡 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 JLPT HSK 6 withered, dried up kū 木 古 Left: tree 木, right: old 古 (originally: skull, but better as the image of a tomb stone) The tree is old and withered.   晰 JLPT HSK 6 understanding xī 日 木 斤 Left: sun 日, right: to analyze 析 (The tree 木 is divided with an axe 斤 for analyzing.) In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable.   刹 JLPT HSK 6 Buddhist monastery 剎多羅, to brake, stop chà, shā 㐅 木 刂 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 JLPT HSK 6 rod, stick, truncheon gùn 木 昆 比 Left: tree 木, right: elder brother, insect 昆 (originally 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 JLPT HSK 6 ditch, drain, stream or canal qú 氵 巨 木 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 JLPT HSK 6 to plant, to grow, to insert zāi 木 丰 戈 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 JLPT HSK 6 a rod, stick, cane, walking stick zhàng 木 丈 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 JLPT HSK 6 spine, vertebra, backbone, mallet chuí, zhuī 木 隹 Left: tree 木, right: bird 隹 Like a tree (better a branch) on which birds are sitting appears: the backbone with its spines.   械 JLPT HSK 6 machine, appliance, tool, gear, mechanical xiè 木 戒 廾 戈 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 JLPT HSK 6 tree(s)trunk, stump (tree root), [classifier] zhū 木 朱 未 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 JLPT HSK 6 decay, rotten, degenerate xiǔ 木 丂 Left: tree 木, right: seaweed 丂 Trees become like seaweed when they are decaying.   榜 JLPT HSK 6 public list of names (i.e. examinees) bǎng 木 旁 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 JLPT HSK 6 pillow, to rest one's head zhěn 木 冘 乚 Left: tree 木, right: 冘 (person 大 with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚) Under the tree, there is sb. with broken limbs. Bring him a pillow!   柱 JLPT HSK 6 pillar, pole, post zhù 木 主 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 JLPT HSK 6 to tie together, bundle, a bunch kǔn 扌 囗 木 束 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 JLPT HSK 6 ridgepole of building, classifier for buildings dòng 木 東 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 JLPT HSK 6 heroic, outstanding person, prominent jié 木 灬 Top: tree 木, bottom: fire 灬 (here: many roots) A tree with such many roots stands heroically.   棕 JLPT HSK 6 palm tree, palm fiber, coir (coconut fiber) zōng 木 宗 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 JLPT HSK 6 tip of branch shāo 木 肖 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 JLPT HSK 6 to knead, to massage, to rub róu 扌 矛 木 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 JLPT HSK 6 twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain wǎng 木 王 玉 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 JLPT HSK 6 paddle, oar jiǎng 丬 夕 木 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 JLPT HSK 6 card, letter, note, notice jiǎn 柬 木 束 丷 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 JLPT HSK 6 carrying pole, horizontal bar, lever, crowbar gàng 木 工 Left: tree 木, right: build 工 Wood serves at construction /building as a: carrying pole.   梁 JLPT HSK 6 beam of roof, ridgepole, bridge liáng 木 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 JLPT HSK 6 slag (smelting), remainder, dregs zhā 氵 木 旦 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 JLPT HSK 6 ellipse, oval, elliptic tuǒ 木 阝 有 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 JLPT HSK 6 to bathe, to cleanse, to receive mù 氵 木 Left: water 氵, right: tree 木 The water at the tree is for bathing.   橙 JLPT HSK 6 orange tree, orange (color) chéng 木 登 癶 豆 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 JLPT HSK 6 to squeeze (out juice), to extract, salted vegetable zhà 木 穴 乍 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 JLPT no HSK plum (=ume), Japanese apricot méi 木 每 母 Left: tree 木, right: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母.) The tree for everybody is the plum tree.   梭 JLPT no HSK to move back and forth, shuttle (textiles) suō 木 夋 Left: tree 木, right: to 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 JLPT no HSK coffin guān 木 官 宀 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 JLPT no HSK laurel, cassia, abbr. for Guangxi 广西壮族自治区 guì 木 圭 Left: tree 木, right: piled earth 圭 (= 2x earth 土) The tree on the piled earth is the laurel.   桐 JLPT no HSK Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata) tóng 木 同 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 JLPT no HSK fir, pine, cedar shā, shān 木 彡 Left: tree 木, right: hair 彡 A tree with hair is the cedar or fir.   樱 JLPT no HSK cherry yīng 木 贝 女 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 JLPT no HSK apricot xìng 木 口 Top: tree 木, bottom: mouth 口 (The storage life is limited.) From the tree straight into the mouth: The apricot.   枣 JLPT no HSK dates, jujube zǎo 木 朿 Top: Tree 木 with thorns 朿, bottom: two fruits 二 The thorned tree with fallen fruits is the: dates-(palm).   棘 JLPT no HSK thorns jí 木 朿 Shows twice a tree 木 with thorns 朿   棚 JLPT no HSK shed, canopy, shack péng 木 月 朋 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 JLPT no HSK edge, arris (=sharp ridge), corner, protrusion léng 木 夌 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 JLPT no HSK to perch, to rest (of birds), dwell, live, to stay qī, xī 木 西 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 JLPT no HSK cedar, cypress bǎi, bò, bó 木 白 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 JLPT no HSK handle or shaft (of tool), stem (flower or fruit) bǐng 木 丙 Left: tree 木, right: number 3: 丙 (here: image of a handle) A tree that is third class, is used for handles/shafts.   梗 JLPT no HSK stem, stalk, to block, to hinder gěng 木 更 丈 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 JLPT no HSK plug, bottle stopper, wooden pin shuān 木 全 Left: tree 木, right: all 全 (The person 人 of the king 王 means all.) The trees will all be plugs.   棠 JLPT no HSK cherry-apple táng 尚 木 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 JLPT no HSK post, stake, stump, pile, affair zhuāng 木 庄 Left: tree 木, right: farmstead 庄 (building 广 at the earth 土) The trees at the farmstead become: posts.   槽 JLPT no HSK trough, manger, groove, channel cáo 木 曹 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 JLPT no HSK fence, grid zhà, shān 木 册 Left: tree 木, right: book, booklet 册 (here: image of a fence) Using trees you build this fence.   柳 JLPT no HSK willow (tree) liǔ 木 卵 卯 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 JLPT no HSK low bed, couch tà 木 日 羽 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 JLPT no HSK wardrobe, closet, cabinet chú 木 厂 豆 寸 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 JLPT no HSK poplar yáng 木 易 Left: tree 木, right: easy 易 (= warming sunshine) This tree is slender, so you have warming sunshine next to it: The poplar.   檐 JLPT no HSK eaves, ledge or brim yán 木 詹 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 JLPT no HSK Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica), Japanese pagoda tree huái 木 鬼 Left: tree 木, right: demon, devil 鬼 The tree of the deval is the: Chinese scholar tree   桓 JLPT no HSK Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi) huán 木 亘 旦 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 JLPT no HSK the Song dynasty (960-1279) sòng 宀 木 Top: Roof 宀, below: tree 木 The Song Dynasty as the last of the 5 dynasties had roofs over the trees?   栈 JLPT no HSK palisade, wood or bamboo trestlework, warehouse, inn zhàn 木 戋 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 JLPT no HSK wooden board for writing, short note zhá 木 乚 Left: tree 木, right: kneeling person 乚 (here: image of a board) Using a tree you make boards for notes.   涤 JLPT no HSK wash, cleanse dí 氵 夂 木 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 JLPT no HSK corner, edge, square beam léng 木 网 方 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 JLPT no HSK maple fēng 木 風 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 JLPT no HSK elm yú 木 俞 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 JLPT no HSK fence, cage fán 木 爻 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 JLPT no HSK twitter, chirp chā 口 木 旦 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 JLPT no HSK stronghold, stockade, camp, village zhài 宀 井 木 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 JLPT no HSK handle of axe, stem kē 木 可 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 JLPT no HSK Sterculia platanifolia wú 木 吾 Left: tree 木, right: I, my 吾 This tree is my: Sterculia platanifolia   栗 JLPT no HSK chestnut, afraid, trembling lì 西 木 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 JLPT no HSK precious stone, gem, treasure chēn 玉 王 穴 木 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 JLPT no HSK banister, balustrade, cage, door sill, threshold jiàn, kǎn 木 监 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 JLPT no HSK firewood, gather wood qiáo 木 焦 隹 灬 Left: tree 木, right: scorched, burnt 焦 (The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.) The tree that is scorched is: firewood.   檀 JLPT no HSK sandalwood, hardwood tán 木 亠 回 旦 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 JLPT no HSK olive gǎn 木 乛 敢 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 JLPT no HSK hinge, pivot, hub shū 木 区 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 as: hinge or pivot.   楷 JLPT no HSK regular script (calligraphic style), model, pattern kǎi 木 白 皆 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 single strokes) in the regular script.   桅 JLPT no HSK mast wéi 木 危 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 JLPT no HSK olive lǎn 木 览 见 Left: tree 木, right: to look at, to view 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at) At this tree you should look at: the olive.   橘 JLPT no HSK mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata), tangerine jú 木 矛 Left: tree 木, right: 矞 (spear 矛, variation of sell 商) At this tree you pluck with a spear and sell: the mandarin.   枷 JLPT no HSK cangue (wooden collar as punishment) jiā 木 加 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 JLPT no HSK Machilus nanmu, Chinese cedar, Chinese giant redwood nán 木 南 Left: tree 木, right: south 南 (It costs ten 十 Yen ¥, for the entrance 冂 towards south 南.) The tree with the proununciation 'nán', as used at 'south' is the: Nanmu.   桢 JLPT no HSK hardwood, supports, posts zhēn 木 贞 Left: tree 木, right: faithful 贞 (Who divines 卜 for money 贝 must be faithful.) The tree is faithful when it is hardwood.   栩 JLPT no HSK vivid, lifelike, oak (Quercus serrata) xǔ 木 羽 Left: tree 木, right: wing 羽 The tree (moves) like a wing because it is: vivid.   梓 JLPT no HSK Catalpa kaempferi, (Indian bean tree), printing blocks zǐ 木 辛 Left: tree 木, right: bitter, hot (taste) 辛 (image of a tattoo needle) The tree that is bitter is: the Indian bean tree.   榴 JLPT no HSK pomegranate liú 木 留 Left: tree 木, right: remain 留 (The bent person with the sword 刀 shall on the field 田 to remain) (In contrast to the apricot 杏 it has a long storage life:) It comes from a tree and can remain [long-time]: The pomegranate.   杭 JLPT no HSK City Hangzhou 杭州 háng 木 亢 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 JLPT no HSK trample róu 足 矛 木 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 JLPT no HSK boxthorn (Lycium chinense), willow qǐ 木 己 Left: tree 木, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.) The tree that can be winding [like at: 己], is a willow (boxthorn).   楔 JLPT no HSK to wedge, wedge xiē 木 契 Left: tree 木, right: to carve, contract 契 (Cut into a tally stick with a sword 刀 in big 大 letters: the contract.) The wood, that is carved serves as: a wedge.   桦 JLPT no HSK birch tree, Betula japonica huà 木 化 十 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 JLPT no HSK owl, brave, smuggler, drug pusher xiāo 木 鳥 Top: bird 鸟/鳥, bottom: tree 木 The bird in the tree is: the owl.   椰 JLPT no HSK coconut palm yē 木 Left: tree 木, right: (phonetic yē) 耶 i.e. Jesus The tree with the pronunciation 'yē' is the coconut palm.   檬 JLPT no HSK lemon méng 木 蒙 豕 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 JLPT no HSK palm tree lǘ 木 门 吕 Left: tree 木, right: 闾 (gate 门/門 and pitchpipe 吕 here: 2 jujube/dates) The tree at the gate with the 2 jujubes: The palm.
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