COMPONENT GUIDE
The “木” component
mù · (bound form) tree
Found in 395 indexed Chinese characters.
Characters containing 木
to rest
Chinese character
foolish
chirping of birds
to trap
surname Song
bed
not yet
tip
(bound form) root; stem
thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)
method
surname Zhu
surname Piao
flower
(bound form) machine; mechanism
rotten
stab
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
mixed
authority
stick
fork of a tree
China fir
low stool
surname Li
apricot
material
village
(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle
a staff
birchleaf pear (tree)
Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state
to bind
coffin-bearing pole (old)
strip
surname Yang
headboard
the limit
surname Hang
cup
(bound form) hero
Chinese character
high
dark and quiet
pestle
handle or shaft (of an axe etc)
shuttle of a loom
loose
board
extremely
to construct
used in 枇杷[pi2pa5]
to twist
Santalum album
to separate
the coconut tree
square base for Chinese flagstaff
(bound form) pillow
(bound form) woods; forest
tenon
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4])
fruit
branch
fir tree
(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
type of oak
bamboo conduit
door post
gun
maple (genus Acer)
owl
(of plants) withered
chess-like game
(orange)
(archaic) hollow of a tree
to support
cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
bent
Chinese character
main beam of roof
Eurya japonica
handle or shaft (of an axe etc)
used in 柊葉|柊叶[zhong1ye4]
cedar
some
large tangerine
seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
to dye
soft
a thorny tree
cage
pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)
cupboard
watchman's rattle
oak
used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]
foundation
to research
bier
(literary) branch; stem; stalk
Chinese pear-leaved crab-apple
pillar
surname Liu
firewood
Chinese character
tamarisk
old variant of 柿[shi4]
gardenia
fence
mark
a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle
comb
(literary) window
classifier for houses or buildings
capital (of column)
oak
fence
tree
bottle stopper
to perch
(literary) cold; chilly
Juniperus chinensis
(bound form) school; college
used in 栩栩[xu3xu3]
tree trunk
post
chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees
basket
manner
pit
root
square
to plant; to grow
surname Luan
(emperor of Xia dynasty)
pole plate
surname Gui
peach
woven wood and bamboo utensil
mast
frame (e.g. door frame)
(legal) case
Eucalyptus globulus
Chinese character
table
fetters
tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
surname Sang
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
Platycodon grandiflorus
Tallow tree
forking branch
radius (anatomy)
evergreen shrub
(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes
alder
bridge
(botany) birch (genus Betula)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
oar; paddle
stump; stake; pile
horse chestnut
used in 榲桲|榅桲[wen1po5]
beam
bucket
rafter
Chinese character
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Liang Dynasty (502-557)
a club (weapon)
plum
watchman's rattle
braces (med.)
Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items
Chinese character
branch
Chinese character
tip of branch
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
Sterculia platanifolia
pear
(textiles) shuttle
ladder
appliance
to comb
dunce
used in 棶木|梾木[lai2 mu4]
to thresh (using a flail)
to check
(bound form) a (window) lattice; latticework
Chinese character
generic term for cotton or kapok
chess
stick; rod; truncheon
stick
palm
shed
Chinese character
cherry-apple
Kerria japonica
Chinese character
Chinese character
(bound form) densely wooded
to flog
arris; edge
Chinese character
classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
Chinese character
oar (archaic)
coffin
aromatic wood
outer coffin
chair
species of tree resistant to cold weather
used in 椋鳥|椋鸟[liang2niao3]
to plant
hammer; mallet (variant of 槌[chui2])
Zelkowa acuminata
pepper
cabinet
wooden tablet
Chinese character
used in 檳椥|槟椥[Bin1 zhi1]
used in 椪柑[peng4gan1]
ellipse
(bound form) coconut palm
Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)
Chinese character
beam
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)
fell trees
Chinese character
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wedge
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike
Cydonia japonica
(tree)
Melia japonica
square beam
Machilus nanmu
lintel
to block (a hat)
Chinese character
oar (archaic)
Broussonetia kasinoki
Chinese character
Chinese character
model
Catalpa
pillar
house with more than 1 story
classifier for roof beams and trusses
(bound form) general; approximate
(bound form) olive
used in 榲桲|榅桲[wen1po5]
elm
Sterculia plantanifolia
palm tree
Zeikowa acuminata
Chinese character
tall tree (archaic)
Rong, another name for Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1]
Chinese character
(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
notice or announcement
Torreya nucifera
to press
(cabinetmaking) tenon
pavilion
Chinese character
rafter (classical)
Chinese character
pomegranate
footbridge
couch
Chinese character
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dried up (wood)
wooden tray
long lance
Chinese character
mallet
Chinese character
a raft made of bamboo or wood
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica)
Chinese character
water pulley
banister
Chinese character
betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
Quercus glanca
Chinese character
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maple
Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata)
Chinese character
empty space inside a building
trough
Hibiscus syriacus
Chinese character
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manjack or cordia (genus Cordia)
Chinese character
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simaroubaceae
pillar
Chinese character
surname Jiu
Chinese character
camphor
to imitate
Chinese character
Osmanthus fragrans
horizontal
boom
cherry
firewood
Chinese character
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goblet
shade of trees
used in 橄欖|橄榄[gan3lan3]
sled
Chinese character
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mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata)
orange tree
a peg
Chinese character
oak
Chinese character
Zelkova acuminata
Chinese character
wardrobe
old variant of 櫓|橹[lu3]
Citrus medica
old variant of 鍬|锹[qiao1]
sandalwood
tool used for shaping wood (old)
dispatch
used in 林檎[lin2qin2]
eaves
logs rolled down in defense of city
Chinese character
Phellodendron amurense
Chinese character
instrument for straightening bows
Chinese character
cross-beam
Chinese sassafras
used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]
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fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub
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to bathe
(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2])
name of a river
each other
cereal
Chinese character
rice
Chinese character
guidepost
tea
glory
new shoot growing from cut branch or stump
to pick
Chinese character
enclosure
to gather
Chinese character