树

shù

tree

CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up

wood (木) + phonetic (对) = tree

木 anchors the meaning: something wooden, a tree. 对 is mainly there for the sound shù and does not carry the tree meaning.

木+对→树
对CorrectPhonetic
木WoodSemantic

院子里有一棵很高的树。

yuàn zi lǐ yǒu yī kē hěn gāo de shù。

In the yard there is a very tall tree.

那棵老树已经在这里长了几百年了。

nà kē lǎo shù yǐ jīng zài zhè lǐ zhǎng le jǐ bǎi nián le。

That old tree has already been growing here for several hundred years.

Words with 树

樟树

zhāng shù

see 樟樹市|樟树市[Zhang1 shu4 Shi4]

植树节

zhí shù jié

Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]

梨树

lí shù

pear tree

果树

guǒ shù

fruit tree

树种

shù zhǒng

tree species

树冠

shù guān

treetop

红树

hóng shù

red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

远东树莺

yuǎn dōng shù yīng

(bird species of China) Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis canturians)

醇酸树脂

chún suān shù zhī

alkyd resin

金冠树八哥

jīn guān shù bā ge

(bird species of China) golden-crested myna (Ampeliceps coronatus)

金鸡纳树

jīn jī nà shù

Cinchona ledgeriana, tree whose bark contains quinine

针叶树

zhēn yè shù

conifer

More characters with 木

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