木(mù)

HSK 34 strokes

surname Mu

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Character information

Pinyin
mù
Meaning
surname Mu
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 木 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿻十八

A tree

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

十shí八bā

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 木 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 木

Common words using 木 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fá伐mù木

to cut wood; tree-felling; lumbering

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dǎo倒mù木

fallen tree

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yuán原mù木

logs

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yī一mù木nán难zhī支

lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)

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jiā佳mù木sī斯

see 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4]

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jiā佳mù木sī斯shì市

Jiamusi, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省

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kè克lǐ里mù木

Crimea

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rù入mù木sān三fēn分

written in a forceful hand

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 木’s common words

伐倒原一难支佳斯

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