Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 树


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Meaning

tree, to plant

Pronunciation

shù

Explanation

Left: tree , right: to reply (Once again to give a skillful answer.) [ shows a hand]

Mnemonic

You need a tree and both hands (this hand and your skillful hand ) to plant that tree.

Radicals

tree
again, hand(Other radicals with a hand are: )
skillful hand(Image of a hand forearm and pulse . It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".)
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Vocabulary

树种 shù zhǒng tree species
树桩 shù zhuāng tree stump
树荫 shù yìn shade of a tree
树梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree; treetop
枣树 zǎo shù jujube tree; date tree; Zizyphus vulgaris
梨树 lí shù pear tree
洋槐树 yáng huái shù black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia)
枫香树 fēng xiāng shù Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
榆树 yú shù elm
龙树菩萨 Lóng shù Pú sà Nagarjuna (Nagarjuna Bodhisattva)


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