树
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tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
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Dict coverage rank #331 U+6811
How 树 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 对 (phonetic, duì)
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 对 sound component | duì | correct, right; facing, opposed |
| 怼 | duì | hatred, resentment; to dislike, to hate |
Words containing 树
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |