木 Radical 75 — tree; wood

Where the shape comes from

A whole tree: the vertical is the trunk, the horizontal the branches spreading out, and the two lower strokes the roots gripping the ground. It marks trees, timber and everything made of wood: 本, 桌, 椅, 校.

characters filed under 木

• 树/樹shù (fourth tone, falling)a tree; to plant, to set upright; to establish, to cultivate9
• 校xiào (fourth tone, falling) jiào (fourth tone, falling)school; (jiào) to check against an original, to proofread, to collate10
• 桥/橋qiáo (second tone, rising)a bridge10