榈 (lǘ): (in 棕榈) palm tree

Meanings

海边大道两旁种着成排的棕榈。

Hǎibiān dàdào liǎngpáng zhòng zhe chéngpái de zōnglǘ.

Rows of palm trees line both sides of the seaside boulevard.

棕榈的纤维可以编蓑衣和扫帚。

Zōnglǘ de xiānwéi kěyǐ biān suōyī hé sàozhou.

Palm fiber can be woven into raincoats and brooms.

usage

榈 only appears in 棕榈 (palm tree). It has no independent use of its own.

radical

木 mù

tree; wood

Left tree radical 木, a pictograph of a tree. It marks 榈 as a tree, the palm in 棕榈.

phonetic

闾 lǘ

village gate (here phonetic)

Right side 闾 supplies the sound lǘ exactly, with no drift. It is purely the phonetic element here.

榈 lǘ