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.

• 柜guì🔊

  variant of 櫃|柜[gui4]

  18 strokes

• 檫chá🔊

  Chinese sassafras

  18 strokes

• 柠níng🔊

  used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2 meng2]

  18 strokes

• 櫡zhù🔊

  variant of 箸[zhu4]

  18 strokes

• 櫌yōu🔊

  harrow

  19 strokes

• 櫜gāo🔊

  weapon case

  19 strokes

• 栎lì🔊

  oak

  19 strokes

• 栌lú🔊

  capital (of column)

  20 strokes

• 枥lì🔊

  type of oak

  20 strokes

• 蘖niè🔊

  new shoot growing from cut branch or stump

  20 strokes

• 栊lóng🔊

  (literary) window

  20 strokes

• 欂bó🔊

  rafter

  20 strokes

• 权quán🔊

  authority

  HSK 6

  21 strokes

• 栏lán🔊

  fence

  HSK 7

  21 strokes

• 欀xiāng🔊

  inner lining of wooden utensils

  21 strokes

• 欃chán🔊

  sandalwood (Santalum album), a Nepalese tree producing valuable fragrant oil

  21 strokes

• 欎yù🔊

  old variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]

  22 strokes

• 栾luán🔊

  Koelreuteria paniculata

  23 strokes

• 欙léi🔊

  sedan

  25 strokes

• 欛bà🔊

  variant of 杷[ba4]

  25 strokes