4.10Usage: ++++
木
1. Wood / Wooden
- 木板 (mù bǎn) Plank；木船 (mù chuán) Wooden boat
- 木马 (mù mǎ) Wooden horse / Rocking horse
- 旋转木马 (xuán zhuǎn mù mǎ) Carousel horse Literal. Turning wooden horse
- 木耳 (mù ěr) Wood ears - edible fungi that look like ears growing from wood
2. Stiff - devoid of feeling
- 木讷 (mù nè) Dense Literal. Devoid of feeling and slow in speaking
- 麻木 (má mù) Apathetic Literal. Numb and devoid of feeling
Compound characters with 木 Wood Radical are usually associated with types of trees or something made from wood
- 森林 (sēn lín) Forest
- 树 (shù) Tree
- 枝 (zhī) Branch
- 根 (gēn) Root
- 松 (sōng) Pine tree
- 枫 (fēng) Maple tree
- 梅 (méi) Plum
- 樱 (yīng) Cherry
- 橘 (jú) Mandarin orange
- 椰 (yē) Coconut
- 板 (bǎn) Plank / Board
- 桥 (qiáo) Bridge
- 桌 (zhuō) Table
- 椅 (yǐ) Chair
- 橱柜 (chú guì) Cupboard
- 框 (kuāng) Frame
- 棋 (qí) Chess
+ NAMES TO NOTE +
- 乌鲁木齐 (wū lǔ mù qí) Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China
- 木星 (mù xīng) Jupiter
- 木乃伊 (mù nǎi yī) Mummy – borrowed English word
- 花木兰 (huā mù lán) Hua Mulan – the legendary female hero who joined the army on behalf of her father
P.S. 木 Wood Radical