枞 (cōng): fir tree

Measure Word

一棵枞树 kē

Meanings

1 fir tree
2 Chinese fir

Characters

枞

cōng

fir tree

Examples

山坡上长着高大的枞树。

Shānpōshàng zhǎng zhe gāodà de cōngshù.

Tall firs grow on the mountainside.

枞木纹理直，适合建筑。

Cōngmù wénlǐ zhí, shìhé jiànzhù.

Fir wood is straight-grained and good for building.

Tips

mistakes

Two readings. As a tree it is 枞 (a fir, an evergreen conifer). As part of the Anhui county name 枞阳 it is read 枞.

Components

radical

木 mù

tree; wood

Left-side tree radical 木. The fir is a tall conifer, so the wood radical names the tree.

phonetic

从 cóng

to follow; (here) sound

Right side 从 supplies the sound cōng; the picture of one figure following another also faintly suits rows of firs standing in a line.

Stroke Order

枞 cōng

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