柞树

柞樹
zuòshù
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 oak
  2. 2 oak tree

Examples

HSK 6
Shānpō shàng zhǎngmǎn le zuòshù.
The hillside is covered with oaks.
HSK 7-9
Zài Dōngběi, nóngmín bǎ zuòcán fàngdào shān shàng de zuòshù shàng, ràng tāmen chī shùyè.
In the northeast, farmers put tussah silkworms out on the oaks in the hills to feed on the leaves.

Tips

usage
柞 is read zuò here; the reading zhà is only for the place name 柞水. The everyday word for oak is 橡树; 柞树 is the northern name, used above all for the oaks whose leaves feed the tussah silkworm 柞蚕.

Stroke Order

柞 zuò
树 shù