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RADICAL GROUP

Wood radical

Often associated with: trees and wood.

388 indexed characters use this radical form.

Characters indexed under 木

àn

(legal) case

ān

Eucalyptus globulus

bǎi

cedar

bǎn

board

bàng

stick

bǎng

notice or announcement

bāng

watchman's rattle

bēi

cup

běn

(bound form) root; stem

biāo

mark

biāo

Chinese character

bīn

betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut

bīn

Chinese character

bǐng

handle or shaft (of an axe etc)

used in 榲桲|榅桲[wen1po5]

Phellodendron amurense

cái

material

cáo

trough

chá

to research

chá

a raft made of bamboo or wood

chá

Chinese sassafras

chā

fork of a tree

chái

firewood

chèn

Sterculia plantanifolia

chéng

door post

chéng

orange tree

chēng

tamarisk

chēng

pillar

chóu

species of tree resistant to cold weather

chú

wardrobe

chú

Chinese character

chǔ

pestle

chǔ

surname Chu

chǔ

Broussonetia kasinoki

chū

simaroubaceae

chuán

beam

chuí

to flog

chuí

mallet

椿chūn

Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)

stab

cōng

fir tree

cōng

Chinese character

còu

Chinese character

cuī

rafter (classical)

cūn

village

dàng

(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes

dàng

Chinese character

Kerria japonica

foundation

dòng

classifier for houses or buildings

dòng

Chinese character

dōng

Chinese character

dǒu

square base for Chinese flagstaff

cabinet

birchleaf pear (tree)

duàn

Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)

duǒ

flower

fán

Chinese character

fán

surname Fan

fàn

abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism

fāng

Santalum album

fěi

Torreya nucifera

fén

beams in roof

fēn

aromatic wood

fēng

maple (genus Acer)

fēng

Chinese character

beam

gài

(bound form) general; approximate

gǎn

Chinese character

gǎn

used in 橄欖|橄榄[gan3lan3]

gān

stick

gān

large tangerine

gàng

coffin-bearing pole (old)

gàng

Chinese character

gǎo

high

gǎo

Chinese character

gǎo

dried up (wood)

gāo

water pulley

square

gēn

root

gěng

branch

gǒng

post

gòu

to construct

gòu

Chinese character

gǒu

bent

braces (med.)

guā

Juniperus chinensis

guān

coffin

guàng

woven wood and bamboo utensil

guì

cupboard

guì

surname Gui

guì

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)

guì

Chinese character

guì

Chinese character

gùn

stick; rod; truncheon

guǒ

fruit

guǒ

outer coffin

guǒ

Chinese character

háng

surname Hang

pit

héng

pole plate

héng

horizontal

héng

Chinese character

Mongolian oak (Quercus dentata)

huà

(botany) birch (genus Betula)

huà

Chinese character

huái

Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica)

huán

Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)

extremely

thorns

oar (archaic)

Chinese character

fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense), evergreen shrub

(bound form) machine; mechanism

Chinese character

jià

to support

jiā

cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)

jiàn

material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike

jiàn

Chinese character

jiǎn

bamboo conduit

jiǎn

card

jiǎn

to check

jiǎn

Chinese character

jiǎng

oar; paddle

jiǎng

Chinese character

jiāo

pepper

jié

(bound form) hero

jié

(emperor of Xia dynasty)

槿jǐn

Hibiscus syriacus

jiù

bier

jiù

Tallow tree

jiū

surname Jiu

Platycodon grandiflorus

mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata)

Zeikowa acuminata

Chinese character

Chinese character

Zelkowa acuminata

juàn

Chinese character

jué

rafter

jué

a peg

kǎi

model

kǎn

banister

kāng

empty space inside a building

kǎo

chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees

(literary) branch; stem; stalk

classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

(tree)

(of plants) withered

kuàng

frame (e.g. door frame)

kuí

Chinese character

lái

to come

lái

used in 棶木|梾木[lai2 mu4]

lái

Chinese character

lán

fence

lán

Chinese character

lǎn

(bound form) olive

lǎn

Chinese character

láng

tall tree (archaic)

lǎo

basket

Chinese character

léi

logs rolled down in defense of city

léng

arris; edge

léng

square beam

pear

manjack or cordia (genus Cordia)

type of oak

oak

(literary) cold; chilly

Chinese character

Chinese character

surname Li

lián

to thresh (using a flail)

lián

Chinese character

liàn

Melia japonica

liáng

Liang Dynasty (502-557)

liáng

used in 椋鳥|椋鸟[liang2niao3]

liáng

Chinese character

lín

(bound form) woods; forest

lǐn

cross-beam

líng

Eurya japonica

líng

(bound form) a (window) lattice; latticework

líng

Chinese character

liú

pomegranate

liǔ

surname Liu

lóng

(literary) window

lóu

house with more than 1 story

lóu

Chinese character

capital (of column)

old variant of 櫓|橹[lu3]

Chinese character

palm tree

Chinese character

luán

surname Luan

luán

Chinese character

luó

Chinese character

headboard

mào

Cydonia japonica

méi

classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4])

méi

plum

méi

lintel

méng

used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]

mèng

dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4])

mián

generic term for cotton or kapok

miǎo

the limit

to imitate

tip

mǒu

some

(bound form) tree

nài

Chinese pear-leaved crab-apple

nán

Machilus nanmu

niè

Chinese character

niè

new shoot growing from cut branch or stump

níng

used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]

níng

Chinese character

handle or shaft (of an axe etc)

pán

wooden tray

péng

shed

pèng

used in 椪柑[peng4gan1]

used in 枇杷[pi2pa5]

pǐn

classifier for roof beams and trusses

píng

chess-like game

surname Piao

Chinese character

chess

Chinese character

maple

Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state

seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

to perch

alder

Chinese character

Chinese character

榿

Chinese character

qiàn

wooden tablet

qiáng

boom

qiāng

gun

qiāng

Chinese character

qiáo

bridge

qiáo

firewood

qiáo

Chinese character

qiāo

sled

qín

Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)

qín

used in 林檎[lin2qin2]

qíng

instrument for straightening bows

qiū

Catalpa

quán

authority

quán

Chinese character

què

footbridge

rǎn

to dye

ráo

radius (anatomy)

ráo

Chinese character

róng

Rong, another name for Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1]

róng

Chinese character

róu

soft

ruì

tenon

sāng

surname Sang

sēn

(bound form) densely wooded

shā

to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack

shān

China fir

shān

Chinese character

shān

fence

sháo

(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle

shāo

tip of branch

shèn

Chinese character

shì

old variant of 柿[shi4]

shù

method

shù

to bind

shù

tree

shù

Chinese character

shū

(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)

shū

to comb

shū

Chinese character

shū

old variant of 鍬|锹[qiao1]

shuān

bottle stopper

shuò

long lance

sōng

loose

sǔn

(cabinetmaking) tenon

suō

horse chestnut

suō

(textiles) shuttle

couch

tái

Chinese character

tán

sandalwood

táng

cherry-apple

táo

peach

táo

dunce

táo

Chinese character

ladder

tiáo

strip

tiáo

Chinese character

tǐng

a club (weapon)

tóng

tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)

tǒng

bucket

tuó

main beam of roof

tuó

sack

tuò

watchman's rattle

tuǒ

ellipse

tuǒ

Chinese character

wǎng

to twist

wéi

mast

wèi

not yet

wēn

used in 榲桲|榅桲[wen1po5]

wēn

Chinese character

Sterculia platanifolia

low stool

dispatch

to separate

Osmanthus fragrans

xiá

cage

xiàng

oak

xiào

(bound form) school; college

xiāo

owl

xiāo

(archaic) hollow of a tree

xiāo

Chinese character

xiè

appliance

xiè

Chinese character

xiè

pavilion

xiē

wedge

xìng

apricot

xiǔ

rotten

used in 栩栩[xu3xu3]

xuàn

to block (a hat)

the coconut tree

forking branch

yán

eaves

yáng

surname Yang

yáng

Chinese character

yàng

manner

yàng

Chinese character

yǎo

dark and quiet

Chinese character

Chinese character

(bound form) coconut palm

chair

yǐn

tool used for shaping wood (old)

yíng

pillar

yīng

cherry

yīng

Chinese character

yòu

pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)

elm

yuán

Citrus medica

yuán

Chinese character

yuè

shade of trees

mixed

zāi

to plant; to grow

zǎo

(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)

zǎo

Chinese character

zhá

thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)

zhà

oak

zhà

to press

zhā

fell trees

zhàn

a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle

zhàn

Chinese character

zhān

used in 栴檀[zhan1tan2]

zhàng

a staff

zhāng

camphor

zhào

oar (archaic)

zhè

a thorny tree

zhěn

(bound form) pillow

zhēn

evergreen shrub

zhēn

Chinese character

zhēn

(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)

zhí

to plant

zhì

comb

zhì

fetters

zhì

Chinese character

zhǐ

(orange)

zhī

branch

zhī

gardenia

zhī

Chinese character

zhī

used in 檳椥|槟椥[Bin1 zhi1]

zhōng

used in 柊葉|柊叶[zhong1ye4]

zhú

Chinese character

zhù

shuttle of a loom

zhù

pillar

zhū

surname Zhu

zhū

tree trunk

zhū

Quercus glanca

zhū

Zelkova acuminata

zhū

Chinese character

zhuāng

stump; stake; pile

zhuāng

Chinese character

zhuī

hammer; mallet (variant of 槌[chui2])

zhuō

table

Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items

zōng

palm

zuì

Chinese character

zūn

goblet