木
(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #151 U+6728
How 木 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A tree
How to remember it
tree · Heisig RSH #202
— as a component also called: tree, wood, pole, wooden pole
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 木 as their sound component
These characters all use 木 (mù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 木 sound component | mù | tree; wood, lumber; wooden |
| 沐 | mù | to bathe, to cleanse, to shampoo, to wash |
Words containing 木
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 木人石心 | mù rén shí xīn | lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom); fig. heartless |
| 有木有 | yǒu mù yǒu | (slang) come on, you can't deny it!; don't you think so?!; (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有[y… |
| 平地木 | píng dì mù | (TCM) Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) |
| 木里县 | Mù lǐ Xiàn | see 木里藏族自治縣|木里藏族自治县[Mu4 li3 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 木头 | mù tou | wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt |
| 神木市 | Shén mù Shì | Shenmu, a county-level city in Yulin City 榆林市[Yu2 lin2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 格尔木市 | Gé ěr mù Shì | Golmud, a county-level city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[H… |
| 木马 | mù mǎ | wooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse (gymnastics); trojan horse (computing) |
| 克里木 | Kè lǐ mù | Crimea; the Crimean peninsula |
| 花木 | huā mù | flowers and trees; plants; flora |
| 南木林县 | Nán mù lín Xiàn | Namling, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet |
| 电木 | diàn mù | bakelite (early plastic); also written 膠木|胶木[jiao1 mu4] |
| 木子美 | Mù Zǐ měi | Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity |
| 高木 | Gāo mù | Takagi (Japanese surname) |
| 木下 | Mù xià | Kinoshita (Japanese surname) |
| 尼木县 | Ní mù Xiàn | Nyêmo, a county in Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibet |
| 格尔木 | Gé ěr mù | see 格爾木市|格尔木市[Ge2 er3 mu4 Shi4] |
| 木里 | Mù lǐ | see 木里藏族自治縣|木里藏族自治县[Mu4 li3 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 木工 | mù gōng | woodwork; carpentry; woodworker; carpenter |
| 木鱼花 | mù yú huā | see 柴魚片|柴鱼片[chai2 yu2 pian4] |