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树林

shùlín

woods

A small group of trees
Memory picture

Characters in this word

树 shù

Strokes
9
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 对 correct, right
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

林 lín

Strokes
8
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 木 tree
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 林

Example phrases

  • 树林很安静。 Shù lín hěn ān jìng. The woods are very quiet.
  • 我在树林里。 Wǒ zài shù lín lǐ. I am in the woods.
  • 树林有小鸟。 Shù lín yǒu xiǎo niǎo. There are birds in the woods.

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