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.

• 朴pǔ🔊

  (bound form) plain; simple

  16 strokes

• 橙chéng🔊

  orange tree

  16 strokes

• 橇qiāo🔊

  sled

  16 strokes

• 樨xī🔊

  Osmanthus fragrans

  16 strokes

• 樴zhí🔊

  stake

  16 strokes

• 樵qiáo🔊

  firewood

  16 strokes

• 樶zuī🔊

  knag

  16 strokes

• 樽zūn🔊

  goblet

  16 strokes

• 樾yuè🔊

  shade of trees

  16 strokes

• 橁xún🔊

  Fraxinus bungeana

  16 strokes

• 橆wú🔊

  variant of 無|无[wu2]

  16 strokes

• 桡ráo🔊

  radius (anatomy)

  16 strokes

• 橊liú🔊

  old variant of 榴[liu2]

  16 strokes

• 橎fǎn🔊

  a kind of tree

  16 strokes

• 橐tuó🔊

  sack

  16 strokes

• 橕chēng🔊

  a prop

  16 strokes

• 橘jú🔊

  mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata)

  16 strokes

• 橛jué🔊

  old variant of 橛[jue2]

  16 strokes

• 橧zēng🔊

  dwelling on top of wooden stakes

  16 strokes

• 橱chú🔊

  wardrobe

  16 strokes

• 橹lǔ🔊

  old variant of 櫓|橹[lu3]

  16 strokes

• 橼yuán🔊

  used in 枸櫞|枸橼[ju3 yuan2] and 香櫞|香橼[xiang1 yuan2]

  16 strokes

• 檃yǐn🔊

  tool used for shaping wood (old)

  16 strokes

• 檇zuì🔊

  wooden pestle or rammer

  16 strokes

• 檎qín🔊

  used in 林檎[lin2 qin2]

  16 strokes

• 檖suì🔊

  (tree)

  16 strokes

• 檠qíng🔊

  instrument for straightening bows

  16 strokes

• 檨shē🔊

  mango

  16 strokes

• 档dàng🔊

  (bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes

  HSK 6

  17 strokes

• 橾shū🔊

  the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic)

  17 strokes

• 㯳qíng🔊

  variant of 檠[qing2]

  17 strokes

• 橿jiāng🔊

  Quercus glauca

  17 strokes

• 檀tán🔊

  sandalwood

  17 strokes

• 檩lǐn🔊

  cross-beam

  17 strokes

• 檄xí🔊

  dispatch

  17 strokes

• 柽chēng🔊

  tamarisk

  17 strokes

• 檊gàn🔊

  Chinese mulberry

  17 strokes

• 檍yì🔊

  Quercus glauca

  17 strokes

• 檐yán🔊

  eaves

  17 strokes

• 檑léi🔊

  logs rolled down in defense of city

  17 strokes

• 檗bò🔊

  used in 黃檗|黄檗[huang2 bo4]

  17 strokes

• 桧guì🔊

  Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

  17 strokes

• 檪lì🔊

  old variant of 櫟|栎[li4]

  17 strokes

• 檬méng🔊

  used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2 meng2]

  17 strokes

• 檴huò🔊

  (tree)

  17 strokes

• 櫆kuí🔊

  see 櫆師|櫆师[kui2 shi1] Polaris, the north star

  17 strokes

• 栉zhì🔊

  comb

  17 strokes

• 台tái🔊

  (classical) you (in letters)

  HSK 3

  18 strokes