标

biāo

mark

sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units

Tree (木) + show (示) = visible mark or label

The treetop was the most visible point, so 木 grounds the idea in a tree's tip. 示 lends a sense of showing or displaying, making the topmost branch a visible marker.

木+示→标
木TreeSemantic
示To showSemantic

这个箱子上贴了一张标签。

zhè ge xiāng zi shàng tiē le yī zhāng biāo qiān。

A label is stuck on this box.

请在地图上标出我们现在的位置。

qǐng zài dì tú shàng biāo chū wǒ men xiàn zài de wèi zhì。

Please mark our current location on the map.

Words with 标

标枪

biāo qiāng

javelin

双重标准

shuāng chóng biāo zhǔn

double standard

标点符号

biāo diǎn fú hào

punctuation

标准化

biāo zhǔn huà

standardization

光标

guāng biāo

cursor (computing)

国标

guó biāo

national standard (abbr. for 國家標準|国家标准[guo2 jia1 biao1 zhun3])

标定

biāo dìng

to stake out (the boundaries of a property etc)

坐标系

zuò biāo xì

coordinate system (geometry)

标示

biāo shì

to indicate

超标

chāo biāo

to cross the limit

技术标准

jì shù biāo zhǔn

technology standard

航标

háng biāo

buoy

More characters with 木

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