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树

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tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #331 U+6811

How 树 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “tree”) + 对 (phonetic, duì)

components: 木 对

How to remember it

timber · Heisig RSH #643

木 tree + 对 that’s right

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 对

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 对 (duì) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
对 sound component duì correct, right; facing, opposed
怼 duì hatred, resentment; to dislike, to hate

Words containing 树

WordPinyinMeaning
树上开花 shù shàng kāi huā to deck the tree with false blossoms; to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom…
无用之树 wú yòng zhī shù useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊|逍遥游)
生成树 shēng chéng shù spanning tree (in graph theory)
行道树 xíng dào shù roadside tree; street tree
树林市 Shù lín shì Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
家族树 jiā zú shù a family tree
小树林 xiǎo shù lín grove
石南树 shí nán shù heath
树人 shù rén to prepare children to become capable citizens
小树 xiǎo shù shrub; small tree; sapling; CL:棵[ke1]
百年树人 bǎi nián shù rén (idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
铁树开花 tiě shù kāi huā lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom); a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
红树林 hóng shù lín mangrove forest or swamp
面包树 miàn bāo shù breadfruit tree; Artocarpus altilis
十年树木,百年树人 shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
红树 hóng shù red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle); CL:棵[ke1]
龙血树 lóng xuè shù dragon tree; Dracaena (botany)
金鸡纳树 jīn jī nà shù Cinchona ledgeriana, tree whose bark contains quinine
火树银花 huǒ shù yín huā display of fireworks and lanterns
龙树 Lóng shù Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher