(bound form) tree

surname Mu; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden

a picture of 木 → a tree, trunk up, roots down

The ancient form showed a vertical trunk, spreading branches above, and roots below. Over time it flattened into 木, but the tree structure is still there if you look.

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这把椅子是用头做的。

zhè bǎ yǐ zi shì yòng mù tou zuò de。

This chair is made of wood.

他站在冷风里,手脚都冻了。

tā zhàn zài lěng fēng lǐ, shǒu jiǎo dōu dòng mù le。

He stood in the cold wind until his hands and feet were numb.

Words with 木

通脱木

tōng tuō mù

rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)

那木巴尔·恩赫巴亚尔

nǎ mù bā ěr · ēn hè bā yà ěr

Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958-), Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party politician, president of Mongolia 2005-2009

金喉拟啄木鸟

jīn hóu nǐ zhuó mù niǎo

(bird species of China) golden-throated barbet (Psilopogon franklinii)

金背三趾啄木鸟

jīn bèi sān zhǐ zhuó mù niǎo

(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)

铃木

líng mù

Suzuki (Japanese surname)

锯木厂

jù mù chǎng

sawmill; lumber mill

锯木架

jù mù jià

a sawhorse

旋木

xuàn mù

wood turning

锈红腹旋木雀

xiù hóng fù xuán mù què

(bird species of China) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis)

铁力木

tiě lì mù

ironwood (Mesua ferrea)

铁木真

tiě mù zhēn

Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2]

钻木取火

zuān mù qǔ huǒ

to drill wood to make fire

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