HSK 3 · Nature

树 shù “tree” in Chinese

Traditional 樹

What 树 means

  1. tree
  2. to cultivate
  3. to set up

Measure word 棵 kē · 一棵树 yì kē shù

How to say 树

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale树shù4th tone, falling

树 in a sentence

  1. 她在一棵树下坐着。

    Tā zài yì kē shù xià zuò zhe.

    She was sitting under a tree.

    Sentence #332962 from Tatoeba

  2. 这是我见过的最高的树。

    Zhè shì wǒ jiànguo de zuì gāo de shù.

    This is the tallest tree I have ever seen.

    Sentence #1944959 from Tatoeba

  3. 这些树很美。

    Zhèxiē shù hěn měi.

    These trees are beautiful.

    Sentence #10752905 from Tatoeba

How 树 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 树 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
树shùtree
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 对correct · duìSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 对 (duì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shù.

How to write 树

树 9 strokes

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树 (shù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 树 (shù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 树

Words with 树

树立shùlì · to establish

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FAQs

树 (shù) means “tree” or “to cultivate”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it shù: shù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 树 is written 樹. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 棵 (kē). For example, one tree is 一棵树 (yì kē shù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 树 from the suggestions. Typing shu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
树 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.