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shù = shu + Ø4
tree / CL:棵[ke1] / to cultivate / to set up
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How to pronounce 樹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= shu initial

Shu is for Sheldon Shrimp.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

樹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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shù = shu + Ø4
standing up / to stand (something) up
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Characters with 樹 as component

樹 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 樹

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Chinese horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis)
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat

Sentences with 樹

樹 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shù

tree / CL:棵[ke1] / to cultivate / to set up

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