拼音
- shù (fourth tone, falling)
a tree; to plant, to set upright; to establish, to cultivate
字形拆解
Ideographic description
⿲木又寸The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 木meaning partno entry yetA tree: trunk, branches and roots.
- 又shape partA simplification shorthand: the traditional 樹 has 壴, a drum standing on its base, in this position.
- 寸meaning partno entry yetA hand at the wrist: the hand that plants the sapling and stands it upright.
Mnemonic
Three columns: the tree 木, a shorthand element, and a hand 寸. The verb came first — to set a sapling upright in the ground — and the noun followed, which is why 树 still means both. 大树 a big tree, 树林 a wood, 种树 to plant trees, and figuratively 树立, to set up an example.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.