树干

樹幹

shùgàn

noun #21,385

Measure Word

一根树干 gēn

Meanings

1 tree trunk
2 trunk of a tree

Characters

trunk / stem / main part

Examples

松鼠在树干上爬上爬下。

Sōngshǔ zài shùgàn shàng pá shàng pá xià.

The squirrel climbed up and down the tree trunk.

他把名字刻在了树干上。

Tā bǎ míngzì kè zài le shùgàn shàng.

He carved his name into the tree trunk.

Tips

memory

树 = tree, 干 (gàn) = trunk / stem — not to be confused with 干 (gān, meaning dry). The 'trunk' sense of 干 appears in compounds like 树干 (tree trunk) and 主干 (main trunk/backbone).

Stroke Order

树 shù

干 gàn