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.

• 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

• 枨chéng🔊

  door post

  12 strokes

• 枣zǎo🔊

  (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)

  HSK 7

  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

• 栈zhàn🔊

  a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle

  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

• 栖qī🔊

  to perch

  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

• 桠yā🔊

  forking branch

  12 strokes

• 椐jū🔊

  Zelkowa acuminata

  12 strokes

• 椑bēi🔊

  Fagus sylvatica

  12 strokes

• 椒jiāo🔊

  pepper

  12 strokes

• 椓zhuó🔊

  beat

  12 strokes

• 椝guī🔊

  nonstandard simplified variant of 槼|规[gui1]

  12 strokes

• 椟dú🔊

  cabinet

  12 strokes