木

mù
#693 most
frequent character
(bound form) tree, (bound form) wood

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

木 is a picture of a tree, and 'tree' is its first meaning. From that grew the sense 'wood'.

Drawn as: tree

木 as a component in other characters

meaning255 characters
sound1 character
empty2 characters

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