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.

• 桋yí🔊

  (tree)

  10 strokes

• 桎zhì🔊

  fetters

  10 strokes

• 桐tóng🔊

  tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)

  10 strokes

• 桓huán🔊

  Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)

  10 strokes

• 桔jié🔊

  used in 桔梗[jie2 geng3]

  10 strokes

• 桕jiù🔊

  Tallow tree

  10 strokes

• 桚zǎn🔊

  old variant of 拶[zan3]

  10 strokes

• 桠yā🔊

  forking branch

  10 strokes

• 桡ráo🔊

  radius (anatomy)

  10 strokes

• 桢zhēn🔊

  (old) privet (genus Ligustrum)

  10 strokes

• 桤qī🔊

  alder

  10 strokes

• 桦huà🔊

  (botany) birch (genus Betula)

  10 strokes

• 桧guì🔊

  Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

  10 strokes

• 梃tǐng🔊

  a club (weapon)

  10 strokes

• 梠lǚ🔊

  beam at the eaves

  10 strokes

• 梴chān🔊

  length (of a tree or beam)

  10 strokes

• 𬂩jiā🔊

  (old) chopsticks

  10 strokes

• 梦mèng🔊

  dream (CL:場|场[chang2])

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 梅méi🔊

  plum

  11 strokes

• 桶tǒng🔊

  bucket

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 梨lí🔊

  pear

  HSK 5

  11 strokes

• 梳shū🔊

  to comb

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 梗gěng🔊

  branch

  11 strokes

• 梁liáng🔊

  variant of 梁[liang2]

  11 strokes

• 梯tī🔊

  (bound form) ladder; stairs

  11 strokes

• 检jiǎn🔊

  to check

  11 strokes

• 梵Fàn🔊

  abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism

  11 strokes

• 梢shāo🔊

  tip of branch

  11 strokes

• 桫suō🔊

  horse chestnut

  11 strokes

• 桭zhēn🔊

  eaves

  11 strokes

• 桯tīng🔊

  bed side stand

  11 strokes

• 桲po🔊

  used in 榲桲|榅桲[wen1 po5]

  11 strokes

• 桴fú🔊

  beam

  11 strokes

• 桷jué🔊

  rafter

  11 strokes

• 桹láng🔊

  (palm)

  11 strokes

• 梊dì🔊

  squeeze out of

  11 strokes

• 梍zào🔊

  Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)

  11 strokes

• 梏gù🔊

  braces (med.)

  11 strokes

• 梐bì🔊

  stockade

  11 strokes

• 梓zǐ🔊

  Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items

  11 strokes

• 梡kuǎn🔊

  (tree)

  11 strokes

• 梣chén🔊

  Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)

  11 strokes

• 梥sōng🔊

  old variant of 松[song1]

  11 strokes

• 梧wú🔊

  Sterculia platanifolia

  11 strokes

• 梩lí🔊

  basket for removing earth

  11 strokes

• 梭suō🔊

  (textiles) shuttle

  11 strokes

• 械xiè🔊

  appliance

  11 strokes

• 梱kǔn🔊

  movable door sill

  11 strokes