樹
timber, trees, wood, establish, set up
Readings
On'yomi
- ジュ
Kun'yomi
- き
Nanori
- いつき
- うえ
- こ
- しげ
- じ
- たちき
- たつ
- たつる
- な
Meaning
樹 centers on woody plants and the act of making something stand firmly: trees, timber, and the idea of establishing or setting up something lasting.
Most common words using 樹
20 of 165- 樹脂じゅし
resin; rosin
- 樹木じゅもくN1
tree; trees and shrubs
- 大樹たいじゅ
large tree; big tree; huge tree
- 樹立じゅりつN1
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
- 果樹かじゅ
fruit tree
- 一樹いちじゅ
one tree; a tree
- 樹皮じゅひ
bark (of a tree, etc.)
- 樹齢じゅれい
age of a tree
- 樹海じゅかい
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
- 植樹しょくじゅ
tree-planting
- 樹液じゅえき
sap
- 芳樹ほうじゅ
beautiful tree; tree producing beautiful flowers
- 樹林じゅりん
forest; woodland; woods; area of dense woody vegetation
- 広葉樹こうようじゅ
broadleaf tree; broad-leaved tree
- 針葉樹しんようじゅ
conifer; needle-leaved tree
- 樹氷じゅひょう
frost on trees; hoarfrost (on trees)
- 月桂樹げっけいじゅ
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
- 菩提樹ぼだいじゅ
Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree)
- 樹下じゅか
under a tree
- 巨樹きょじゅ
giant tree
Study
Etymology
樹 combines 木 (tree) with 尌, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of standing upright. The character originally referred to planting or setting up trees.
Meaning mnemonic
A tree 木 stands beside 尌, which looks like a hand 寸 planting a sapling 豆 in the earth 土. Together they show a tree being established.
Reading mnemonic
For ジュ, imagine a jeweler carefully setting up a display of wooden jewelry: jeweler -> ジュ, and the wood comes from trees.