Memory phrase for the Kanji: 樹

樹

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Meaning tree, bush, stand

Pronunciation

JU
ki

Explanation

From left: tree 木, drums 壴 (cf: 鼓, but here: ten 十 beans 豆), skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
The tree gives you ten beans (= seed) and your skillful hand makes more: trees and bushes.

Radicals

木 tree
壴 drumRadical: tsuzumi
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".
豆 beanThe radical mame is interpreted as showing a bean 一 that is in a pot 口 (with a stand).
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 Vocabulary

樹木 じゅもく  trees and shrubs, arbour
樹立 じゅりつ  establish, create
桜樹 おうじゅ  cherry tree
一樹 いちじゅ, いっき  one tree, a tree

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