IDENTITY
木mùwood; tree
HSK 4Top 170
CORE MEANING
wood; tree
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.woodHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 木tree radical (mù)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single pictograph
- IDS sequence
- 木
USAGE
Common words
木头mùtouwood
树木shùmùtrees
木星MùxīngJupiter
Graded examples
木头可以做桌子。Mùtou kěyǐ zuò zhuōzi.HSK4
Wood can be used to make tables.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 本
- 术
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A tree with branches above, trunk, and roots below.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #170
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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