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Kotomora

樹

timber, trees, wood, establish, set up

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 6FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes16

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジュ

Kun'yomi

  • き

Nanori

  • いつき
  • うえ
  • こ
  • しげ

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

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  • 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

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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.