桉

ān
noun #61,910

Meanings

  1. 1 eucalyptus (tree)

Examples

HSK 6
Ānshù de yèzi kěyǐ tíqǔ ānyóu.
Eucalyptus leaves can be used to extract eucalyptus oil.
HSK 7-9
Lù liǎngpáng zhòng zhe chéngpái de ānshù.
Rows of eucalyptus trees line both sides of the road.

Tips

usage
Used in 桉树 (eucalyptus). It is a tall evergreen native to Australia, widely planted in southern China; its leaves yield aromatic eucalyptus oil.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
Left 木 (tree), the indexing radical. It marks 桉 as a kind of tree - the eucalyptus.
phonetic
安 ān
peace; phonetic
Right 安 supplies the sound exactly (ān = ān). The same phonetic anchors 按 (to press) and 案 (case, table).

Stroke Order

桉 ān