木 Arboretum

chéng

orange
木 + 登dēng
tree + ascend

ascend the tree to pick oranges

tangerine
木 + 矛 + 冂 + 八 + 口
tree + spear + hood + animal legs + mouth

In fact, you’ll find a spear so precise a tool that you will want them in all sizes. This is a small one you throw at a tangerine high up in a tree. The juice then drips into your mouth. alternatively: 木+矛+冏 tree + spear + dementor

pear
利lì + 木
profit + tree

earn profit harvesting your pear trees at the same time as your grain

xián

leisure
门mén + 木
gate + tree

leisure garden with a gate and trees inside

guì

cassia-bark tree
木 + 圭guī
tree + bricks

tree from which comes bricks of cinnamon powder

yáng

poplar
木 + (㇇勿)yáng
tree + piglet

tree planted when Wilbur was born

liǔ

willow
木 + 卯
tree + sealed and notarized

sealed and notarized original of a willow tree ink painting

plum
木mù + 子zǐ
tree + child

plums are the tree’s children

a common surname: ”木子李“

mián

cotton
木 + 白 + 巾
tree/wood + white + towel

woody bush that produces white towels is the cotton plant

sēn

forest
木 + 木 + 木
tree + tree + tree

things in triplicate means a lot of them

shù

tree
木 + 对
tree + that's right

environmentalist demanding the rights of the trees

chestnut
西xī + 木
Wild West + tree

lone chestnut tree in Wild West town

zhī

branch
木 + 支zhī
tree + branch

sāng

mulberry tree
又 + 木
3 right hands + tree

3 right hands picking mulberries in the tree

táo

peach
木 + 兆zhào
tree + omen

peach pit looks like 兆, a turtle shell OR carved walnuts 核桃 are good luck omens

yīng

cherry
木 + 婴yīng
tree + baby

babies of the tree are cherries (vs. plums who are the children 李lǐ plum)

liú

pomegranate
木 + 留liú
tree + stay

the other trees can go, but the pomegranate tree stays

coconut
木 + 耶yē
tree + Jerusalem

coconut trees in Jerusalem

gǎn

olive (A)
木 + 敢gǎn
tree + brave

the brave kid who tries olives

wood, *tree

lǎn

olive (B)
木 + 览lǎn
tree + spectator

the spectator kid who won’t try olives

méi

small plum
木 + 每měi
tree + every

Chinese find a way to enjoy the fruit of every tree, even the sour ones (just salt them)

prevent
木 + 土tǔ
tree + soil

Ms. Du studies how trees prevent the soil from eroding

sōng

pine tree
木 + 公gōng
tree + public

public Christmas tree lighting, relaxed atmosphere

guǒ

fruit
田 + 木
field + tree

fruit orchard: a field of trees

alternatively: 日+木 sun + tree, need sun to ripen the fruit on the trees

zào

chirping
品 + 木
3 mouths + tree

3 mouths chirping in a tree

lín

woods
木 + 木
tree + tree

trees together are woods

xiū

rest [v.]
亻 + 木
persona + tree

your persona leaning against a tree to rest

木 Arboretum

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