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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Mù | Mu4
English translation
surname Mu
tree
wood
coffin
wooden
simple
numb
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 bā yīn [bā yīn]
tree; wood, lumber; wooden

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Number of strokes

4

Radical frequency

1369

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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A tree

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

十八 shí bā

Explanation

Pictograph of a tree.

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Néng zhè 钉子 dīng zi qiāo jìn 木头 mùtou ?

Can you knock this nail into the wood?

zài hòu 木板 mù bǎn shǎng 6英尺 yīng chǐ chǔ Jiā le 标记 biāojì .

He marked off six feet on the plank.

灌木丛 guàn mù cóng Zhōng cuàn chū zhǐ māo lái .

A cat sprang out of the bushes.

zhè 地区 dìqū wéi ǎi 灌木丛 guàn mù cóng 覆盖 fùgài .

The country is covered in scrub.

zhǐ lǎo láng Cóng 灌木丛 guàn mù cóng cuàn chū lái , 惊魂未定喘息 chuǎn xī ,伸出 shēn chū 舌头 shétou .

The old wolf runs out of the bush, still badly shaken , panting with its tongue lolling.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tree
木头 mùtou slow-witted木頭
木偶 mù ǒu puppet木偶 mù ǒu
树木 shù mù tree樹木
麻木 mámù numb麻木 mámù
木材 mù cái wood木材 mù cái
木乃伊 mù nǎi yī mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)木乃伊 mù nǎi yī
木板 mù bǎn slab木板 mù bǎn
木马 mù mǎ wooden horse木馬
木兰 Mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature木蘭
木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya)木瓜 mù guā
乌鲁木齐 Wū lǔ mù qí Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū in west China烏魯木齊
灌木 guàn mù bush灌木 guàn mù
木匠 mù jiàng carpenter木匠 mù jiàng
灌木丛 guàn mù cóng shrub灌木叢
木棍 mù gùn wooden stick木棍 mù gùn
木星 Mù xīng Jupiter (planet)木星 Mù xīng
铁木真 Tiě mù zhēn Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 Chéng jí sī hán [Chéng​jí​sī​hán]鐵木真
木制 mù zhì wooden木製
铃木 Líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname)鈴木
林木 lín mù forest林木 lín mù
木质 mù zhì wooden木質
木桩 mù zhuāng stake木樁
木工 mù gōng woodwork木工 mù gōng

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    • guǒ
      • Cháo
          • zǎo
        • jiǎo , jiǎo , suǒ , sāo , suǒ , , chāo , , , , , ,
      • , , luǒ , guǒ , , huái , huǒ , guàn , , , , , luǒ , , guǒ , guǒ , 粿 guǒ , guǒ , guǒ , , guǒ , , , huì , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Xiāng
    • běn
      • , bèn , běn , , pēn , , , , , , , ,
    • Zhā
    • tiáo
      • lái
      • lèi
        • lèi
          • ,
      • duàn
      • liào
        • , ,
      • lóu
        • , kài , , , , , , ,
          • , ,
        • , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • chǐ
        • niè
      • tiào
      • càn
        • càn , càn , , , ,
      • biàn
        • fān
          • pān
          • shěn
          • , fān , fān , pán , fān , fán , , fǎn , fán , fán , , pán , fān , fán , , fán , , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • shì , yòu , qiè , yìn , shì , yuè , shì
      • shǐ
      • lín
        • lín , lín , lín , lín , lín , lín , lìn , lín , lǐn , lín , , lín , lín , lín , lín , , lín , , , lián , , , , , , , , , , , lín , , lín
      • fèn
      • , jīng , zāo , gāo , táng , fěn , , , shǐ , , nián , cuì , , fèn , liáng , yuān , cāo , qiǔ , , , , róu , yuè , kāng , zòng , nuò , liáng , , jiàng , , shu , , sǎn , , , , fán , shēn , , xiān , zhàng , qiān , cuì , , , , , bǎi mǐ , ,
      • jīng , zhāng , 粿 guǒ , miàn , hóu , , zān , bèi , xiǔ , , zòng , niè , , , , , , , , , , , , 籿, , , bǎn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , chī , , , , lāo , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , liáng , , , , , tuán , , , , , , ,
    • jié
    • shù
      • shù
      • shù , , shú , , , ,
      • , , , ,
    • wèi
      • wèi
      • zhū
        • zhū , shū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , zhū , shū , zhòu , zhū , zhū , zhū , , zhū , , , , , zhū , , zhū , ,
      • lěi
        • ǒu
        • hào , gēng , , yún , nòu , , , , jiā , chú , lóu , jiǎng , pǎng , yōu , lěi , , , , , , , , huō , lào , , tāng , , , , , , , , , ,
      • mèi , mèi , mèi , mèi , mèi , , , , Tái , mèi , , , , , , , ,
    • Shù
        • , , , , , , ,
      • chì
        • zhěng , nèn , , , , ,
      • shuò
        • sòu , ,
      • lài
        • , lài , , lǎn , , lài , , , lài , lài ,
      • , , sǒng , , sǒng , , , , , shū , , chì , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Chǔ
      • chù , chù , Chǔ , , , chǔ ,
    • mǒu
      • móu , méi , méi , méi , méi , , , móu
    • Lín
          • ,
        • me
          • , ,
        • me
        • ma , , huī , , 麿 mo , zōu , nún , , , , ,
      • bīn
      • lín
      • lín , lín , shān , , chēn , lín , lín , lín , , cuàn , , lín , lǐn , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Sōng
    • Xiū
      • xiū , xiū , qiū , xiāo , xiū , xiū , xiū , xiū , , , , , xiū
    • dāi
      • Bǎo
        • bǎo , bāo , bāo , bǎo , bǎo , bǎo , , , , ,
      • táng
        • , ,
      • tuó , ,
    • sēn
    • kùn
      • kǔn , kùn , kǔn , kǔn , kǔn , kǔn , , , , , , , kǔn ,
    • Róng
      • , , , , , , , mèi , , , , , , , ,
    • rǎn
      • ,
    • cǎi
      • cǎi , cài , cǎi , cǎi , cǎi , cài , cài , , , , , cǎi
    • shān
    • Sāng
      • sǎng , sǎng , sǎng , sǎng , , , , , sǎng
    • chá
      • chá , ,
    • xián
    • duǒ
    • róu
      • róu , róu , róu , róu , náo , róu , róu , , róu , , , , , , , , , ,
    • bǎi
    • Chái
      • ,
    • zhù
    • Liáng
      • liáng , zhù , liáng
    • sòng
      • , ,
    • lán
    • zāi
      • , , , , , , , ,
      • ,
    • guì
      • guì ,
    • xìng
      • xìng
    • zhá
      • zhá ,
    • fán
    • lái
        • Tái
      • lài , lái , lái , , Lái , lái , lái , , , , , lái , , , jiā , lái , xiá , , , lài , , , , , jiá , lái , , lài , , , , , ,
    • dōng
      • chén
        • chén ,
      • liàn , Dōng , dōng , , jiàn , liàn , , dòng , , , , dòng , , liàn , dòng , , , dōng
    • qiáo
    • nài
      • , 渿,
    • jié
      • jié , jié , zhé , huò , , , ,
      • huó
        • , , ,
          • ,
        • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • , , ,
        • , ,
      • xiāng
        • xīn , , , fēi , yǎn , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • Wěi
        • wèi
        • ǎi , wěi , wěi , 诿 wěi , , ruó , ruí , , wēi , , , , , , , , , , wěi , , ,
      • xiù
        • tòu , yòu , xiù , xiù , yǒu , xiù , , , , yòu , xiù ,
      • shāo
        • shào ,
      • shèng
        • shèng , shèng , ,
        • , , , ,
      • Qiū
        • chóu
          • ,
        • jiū , qiāo , chǒu , qiū , jiū , qiū , qiū , chǒu , qiǎo , jiū , jiǎo , jiǎo , zhòu , jiū , qiū , , , , , 踿, , , qiāo , qiū , , qiū
          • ,
        • tuí
      • qín
        • zhēn , qín , zhēn , qín , zhēn , zhēn , qín , , , , , ,
      • bǐng
      • shǔ
        • nián , chī , ,
      • léng
        • léng
        • ,
      • chéng
        • shèng
      • qūn
        • jūn
          • jùn
        • jūn , kǔn , jùn , , ,
      • biǎn
        • biǎn
      • jūn
        • jùn , ,
      • 禿
        • jiān
          • lián
            • lián , lián , lián , lián , , , , lián , , , lián
          • qiàn , xián , zhuàn , qiān , jiān , qiàn , qiàn , gān , qiàn , jiān , jiān , xiàn , yǎn , lián , jiān , jiān , , , , , , , , , , , , qiān , zhuàn , , , , , jiān , ,
      • bǐng
        • , lǐn , lǐn , lǐn , , , ,
      • yǐng
      • zhǒng , Chéng , , chèn , , , miǎo , wěn , , , shuì , , 稿 gǎo , , , zhì , zhì , , dào , huì , Yǐng , jià , chèng , suì , chóu , rěn , yāng , suì , gǎn , , bài , jiē , , , dào , huò , zhǒng , , , , xiān , hào , bàn , , , , shú , , , zhí
      • nóng , láng , , , , , zhī , kǔn , zhěn , , , mén , , , wěn , , tóng , suì , ráng , , , biāo , , ráng , , gǎo , , nún , qiū , , , , , , 楿, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 秿, , , shuì , , gǎn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , chēng , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , huì , , , , wěn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • róng
      • róng , héng , , róng , , , róng
      • yào ,
    • yáng
    • zào
      • zǎo
      • cāo , zào , zào , zào , sāo , cǎo , shū , zǎo , qiāo , zào , sào , , , , , , qiāo , , , ,
        • ,
        • ,
      • , zǎo , , chì , , , , zǎo ,
    • gǎo
      • zhuō
    • fāng
    • luán
    • mào
    • tuó
      • niè
    • niè
      • niè , niè , niè , , , , jiǎo , ,
      • duò , , , , , ,
        • shè , , , ,
      • dié , dié , dié , dié , dié , dié , dié , dié , xiè , xiè , dié , dié , dié , xiè , , xiè , dié , , shè , , , , , , , , , dié ,
    • juàn
    • xiāo
      • ,
    • zhàn
      • , , , , , , ,
    • gǎo
      • yào , , , , , , , shuò , , , , , , shuò ,
    • niè
    • luán
      • luán , ,
      • tàn , shēn , chēn , chēn , ,
    • xián
      • xián , ,
    • yàng , , àn , Qiāng , bàng , , gēn , jiào , , mèng , bēi , quán , biāo , jiǎn , Lóu , chuáng , , bǎn , jià , gài , shù , dàng , méi , , cūn , , cái , gòu , , , guì , qiáo , zhí , , tǒng , gùn , gān , táo , dòng , héng , lǎn , gǎn , xiè , zōng , lán , bīn , Méi , chú , zhěn , zhuāng
    • , guān , xiàng , mián , bǎng , jiāo , níng , bǐng , méng , péng , chéng , zhī , suō , , shū , zhàng , kuàng , , yīng , cáo , yáng , chuí , fén , , liǔ , liú , zhà , shuān , zhà , xiǔ , qiāo , gāng , fàn , jié , , wǎng , jiǎng , fēng , shì , shū , yán , zhū , xiāo , gěng , shāo , nán , léng , chuí , jiā , wéi
    • yòu , zhàn , kǎn , tán , 椿 chūn , bāng , kǎi , , , tuǒ , gān , láng , tóng , chǔ , , , , , , zūn , xiè , xiē , háng , zhēn , méi , miǎo , yǎo , huán , ān , qiū , huà , léng , zhī , gǒu , jiù , ráo , , huái , zhāng , chā , pán , què , liàn , , héng , róng , jiǎ , , zhì ,
    • chuán , , , tái , , zhā , , , qiāng , yàng , biāo , , gǎo , héng , shǔn , , po , chá , líng , wēn , guì , gǎo , xuàn , cōng , shén , chū , guì , chuí , shuò , sǔn , , , , , zhè , quán , , duàn , , yàng , , lái , zhēn , yíng , kǔn , , , guǒ , tǐng , qiáng
    • táng , , , guǎi , liáng , , lái , , kǎo , píng , , , , cháo , xx , , tíng , , , , , máng , , , , xiān , chūn , , shū , chǒu , zhù , chǒu , , fén , , dǒu , ruì , è , yùn , jiǎn , chéng , zhǐ , guǎi , xiāo , , , duò , , líng ,
    • pán , zhōng , , xiá , tuò , zhà , , zhí , zhā , dàn , duò , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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