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棵

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classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

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HSK 3.0
Level 4
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
12
Radical
木 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
棵
Common rank
#4,409
Unicode
U+68F5

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Formation & memory

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How 棵 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 果 sound ( guǒ )

Components 木 果

How to remember it

flora · Heisig RSH #2180

木 tree + 果 fruit

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 棵

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
不要在一棵树上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom); there's more than one way to skin a …
发棵 fā kē budding
塌棵菜 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard); Chinese flat cabbage

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 果 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
果 sound part guǒ fruit, nut; result
课 kè subject, lesson, course; classwork
裸 luǒ bare, nude; to strip, to undress
裹 guǒ to wrap, to encircle; to confine, to bind
踝 huái ankle
窠 kē den, nest; hole, indentation
夥 huǒ assistant; companion; partner; many, numerous
骒 kè mare, jenny
蜾 guǒ solitary wasp; potter wasp
倮 luǒ bare, naked, uncovered
猓 guǒ monkey
锞 kè ingot; acrobatic move
髁 kē thigh bone, hip bone, kneecap