树干

樹幹

shùgàn

noun HSK 7-9 #21,385

Measure Word

一根树干 gēn

Meanings

1 tree trunk
2 trunk of a tree

Characters

trunk / stem / main part

Examples

HSK 3

他把名字刻在了树干上。

Tā bǎ míngzi kè zài le shùgàn shàng.

He carved his name into the tree trunk.

HSK 6

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.

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 gān