植zhí
tree, plant; to grow. 12 strokes, radical 木, first met in HSK 4.
What 植 is made of
木 (mù, tree) and 直 (zhí, straight).
木 carries the meaning — tree — and 直 carries the sound.
How to write 植
Strokes 1–4 write 木, then strokes 5–12 write 直.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 植
Words that use 植
| 植物 | plant, botanical life 有根茎叶、能进行光合作用的生物 沙漠里生长着顽强的植物。The desert was still home to tenacious plants. Lesson 376, 铁血铸盾与万类霜天 · 经纶济世与战阵长策 · Civic Governance, Wartime Resilience & Social Harmony |
| 种植 | to plant, to cultivate 把种子或幼苗埋进土里培育 农艺师大面积种植南瓜。The agronomist decided to plant pumpkins across the whole field. Lesson 381, 田畴丰硕与巧思利器 · 齐家治政与精工物阜 · Civic Governance, Domestic Craft & Agricultural Precision |
Characters that share the sound part 直
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 木
All 67 of them, and what the radical means, on the 木 radical page.