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木 mù — “wood; tree”

How to write and say the Chinese character 木 (mù), which means wood; tree — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Nature & weather.

Pinyin · 拼音 mù
Meaning · 意思 wood; tree
Strokes · 笔画 4
Radical · 部首 木 (tree)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

木 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A little picture: a tree.

A common word常用词

木mù头tou

wood

Example sentence例句

这zhè把bǎ椅yǐ子zi是shì木mù头tou做zuò的de。

This chair is made of wood.

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