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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jǔ | ju3
English translation
a type of elm tree

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

tree

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木举

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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这儿 zhè r 有株山毛榉 shān máo jǔ zhū 铁杉 tiě shān cháng zài 一起 yīqǐ ,旁边 pángbiān 还有 hái yǒu Sān zhū 松树 sōng shù .

Here is a beech by the side of a hemlock, with three pines at hand.

满腔 mǎn qiāng 恼怒 nǎo nù , tiào Guò 小河 xiǎo hé , 大踏步 dà tà bù Xiàng Máo 林子 lín zi zǒu .

Exasperated, he leaped the stream, and strode towards beech clump.

他们 tā men 坐在一棵高大 gāo dà de 山毛榉 shān máo jǔ 树下 de 草坪 cǎo píng shǎng

They were sitting on the lawn under a large beech tree.

这套家具 jiājù shì 由西卡莫木材 mù cái 山毛榉 shān máo jǔ 木材 mù cái 以及 yǐjí 皮革 pígé 制成 zhì chéng de

The furniture is made of sycamore, beech and leather.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
山毛榉 shān máo jǔ beech山毛櫸
Zeikowa acuminata

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