Zi:木

木 [mù] ​树木 tree; 木​头 wood; 木​匠 carpenter; ​草木 plants; 木​炭 charcoal; (radical 75; 木​部); (HDZ:) …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹mù* ​木 {B} b.f. ①tree ►¹shùmù 树木 ②timber; wood ►mùcái 木材 ③wooden ►¹mùqì 木器 ④stupid; silly ►¹mùrán 木然 ◆s.v. ①numb; insensitive ‖ Nǐ zhēn ∼. 你真∼。 You are so dumb. ②hard; tough (of fruit)

The Shuōwén Seal form of 木 mù ‘tree; wood’ is said to depict a tree with ​屮 chè ‘branches’ above, and (the same shape, inverted) roots (​树​根) below.
    Note: The SW gloss puns on ​冒(​𠕬​冃) mào ‘cover’ (​冡/​蒙), associating 木 mù ‘tree/wood’ with ☴ ‘inverted vessel (dispensing/covering)’, since trees provide cover/shade and dispense fruit/fuel (cf. ䷸ ​巽).
    Compare: 木 mù ← MC /muk/; ​冒(​𠕬​冃) mào ← MC /mɑus/mək/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​本 běn ‘root/basis’; ​朱 zhū ‘pith’; ​末 mò ‘branch tip’; ​𣎴(​櫱​蘖) niè ‘suckering tree stump’.
    Compare: ​竹 zhú ‘bamboo’; ​𣎳 pìn, ​𣎵 bèi.
    Compare: ​巽(​巺) xùn ‘ready/prepare’ (☴䷸); ​困 kùn ‘difficult; besiege’ (䷮).
    HDZ: 木 : mù : (SW: ​冒; ​冒​地​而​生​東​方​之​行) ​树, 木​本​植​物​的​通​称; 木​本​的 (木​棉, 木​芙​蓉); ​树​叶 (木​落​归​本); 木​材, 木​料; ​某​些木​制​的​器​物; (​古) (​八​音) ​柷、​敔; (​五​行) (​水, ​火, 木, ​金, ​土); (​中​医) ​肝; 木​星; ​呆, ​楞 (木​头木​脑); ​麻​头 (​手​脚​冻木​了); ​朴​素, ​质​朴; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:452.37; Wieger:119a; Henshall:69; Karlgren:AD643,GSR1212a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1149.6; Lindqvist:234; Mathews:4593; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:509.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:005.1.09; Wáng(1993):38; EDOC:1
►components: ​十​八​
►Cantonese: muhk-
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Unicode: U+6728
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