樹 – timber, trees, wood

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The kanji 樹 means timber, trees, wood, establish, set up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュ (ju); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is き (ki). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュ	ju
Kun’yomi	き	ki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 口・寸・土・豆・并・木.

Words using 樹

樹木じゅもくtree樹立じゅりつestablishment

Example sentences

果実がなる樹木は、成長するための空間がかなり必要だ。

Fruit trees require a large amount of space in which to grow.

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イギリス人は１６０９年アメリカに植民地を樹立した。

The English established colonies in America in 1609.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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