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.

• 栈zhàn🔊

  a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle

  9 strokes

• 栉zhì🔊

  comb

  9 strokes

• 栊lóng🔊

  (literary) window

  9 strokes

• 栌lú🔊

  capital (of column)

  9 strokes

• 栎lì🔊

  oak

  9 strokes

• 栐yǒng🔊

  (archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏[hu4]

  9 strokes

• 格gé🔊

  square; lattice; grid; frame

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 桥qiáo🔊

  bridge

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 案àn🔊

  (legal) case

  10 strokes

• 样yàng🔊

  manner

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 根gēn🔊

  root

  HSK 4

  10 strokes

• 桑sāng🔊

  (bound form) mulberry tree

  10 strokes

• 核hé🔊

  pit

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 桌zhuō🔊

  old variant of 桌[zhuo1]

  10 strokes

• 档dàng🔊

  (bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 柴chái🔊

  firewood

  10 strokes

• 栽zāi🔊

  to plant; to grow

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 框kuàng🔊

  frame (e.g. door frame)

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 桩zhuāng🔊

  stump; stake; pile

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 桨jiǎng🔊

  oar; paddle

  10 strokes

• 栓shuān🔊

  bottle stopper

  10 strokes

• 校xiào🔊

  (bound form) school; college

  10 strokes

• 桃táo🔊

  peach

  HSK 5

  10 strokes

• 梆bāng🔊

  watchman's rattle

  10 strokes

• 桂guì🔊

  cassia

  10 strokes

• 栒xún🔊

  cross bar

  10 strokes

• 栔qì🔊

  carve

  10 strokes

• 栖qī🔊

  to perch

  10 strokes

• 栗lì🔊

  chestnut

  10 strokes

• 栘yí🔊

  shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier)

  10 strokes

• 栝guā🔊

  Juniperus chinensis

  10 strokes

• 栟bīng🔊

  Trachycarpus excelsa

  10 strokes

• 栩xǔ🔊

  used in 栩栩[xu3 xu3]

  10 strokes

• 株zhū🔊

  tree trunk

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 栫jiàn🔊

  fence

  10 strokes

• 栭ér🔊

  tree mushroom

  10 strokes

• 栱gǒng🔊

  post

  10 strokes

• 栲kǎo🔊

  chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees

  10 strokes

• 栳lǎo🔊

  basket

  10 strokes

• 栴zhān🔊

  used in 栴檀[zhan1 tan2]

  10 strokes

• 栵lì🔊

  hedge

  10 strokes

• 栻shì🔊

  (tree)

  10 strokes

• 栾luán🔊

  Koelreuteria paniculata

  10 strokes

• 桀jié🔊

  (emperor of Xia dynasty)

  10 strokes

• 桁héng🔊

  pole plate

  10 strokes

• 桄guāng🔊

  used in 桄榔[guang1 lang2]

  10 strokes

• 桅wéi🔊

  mast

  10 strokes

• 桉ān🔊

  Eucalyptus globulus

  10 strokes