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Zi:树

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树(F​樹) [shù] tree (树​木); 树​林 woods; 树​干 tree trunk; 树​立 set up, establish; 树​木 plant trees; 树​艺 plant/cultivate; 树​人 educate

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

►¹shù* ​树[​樹] {A} n. ①tree M: ²kē 棵 ②Surname ◆v. plant; cultivate ◆b.f. set up; establish; uphold ►¹shùlì 树立


The simple-form character 树 (9 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character ​樹 (16 strokes), replacing the full-form component ​尌 (12 strokes) with a shape like ​对 (5 strokes).
    Note: ​对 as a simple-form component corresponds to the full-form component ​尌 (the left part ​壴 becomes ​又); ​对 does not replace ​尌 in any other simple-form characters; cf. full form ​廚, in which ​壴 in the full-form component ​尌 becomes ​豆 in the simple form ​厨 (that inner component ​⿰​豆​寸 is not an independent character).
    Note: ​对 duì ‘toward’ as an independent simple-form character corresponds to the full-form character ​對 (unrelated to ​尌, though somewhat similar in structure)
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 树/​樹 shù ‘tree’ (grown up straight) combines ​木 mù ‘tree’, and ​尌 shù ‘stand up straight’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​𡬾, in which the component ​木 overwrites the top part ​之(​𡳿) of ​壴(​𧯛) in ​尌.
    Note: The component ​尌 shù ‘stand/set up (straight/vertical)’ is later wr. 树/​樹 (树​立).
    Compare: ​丨 shù, ​竖/​豎 shù ‘vertical’ (​竖​直).
    Compare: ​直(​𥄂) zhí ‘straight/vertical’ (​垂​直), ​植 zhí ‘plant’ (​植​物).
    Compare: ​厨/​廚 chú ‘kitchen’; ​澍 shù ‘timely rain’.
►references: Wieger:165d; Karlgren:AD913; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1191.4; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:110.0.01; EDOC:0
►components: ​木​对​​又​寸​权
►Cantonese: syuh-
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Unicode: U+6811
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