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木

mù

HSK 5 Character

What 木 means

1. bound formtree
2. bound formwood
3. unresponsive; numb; wooden

Other readings

木 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mùsurname Mu

Example sentences

• 木材可燃。
  Wood burns.
• 草木皆兵。
  Every bush and tree looks like an enemy.
• 是木乃伊！
  It's a mummy!
• 木头会漂浮。
  Mùtou huì piāofú.
  Wood floats.
• 白蚁吃木头。
  Báiyǐ chī mùtou.
  Termites eat wood.
• 树木很稀少。
  Shùmù hěn xīshǎo.
  The trees were very scarce.

Words starting with 木

• 木头mù touwood; log; (fig.) blockhead; dolt
• 木板mù bǎnslab; board; plank
• 木材mù cáiwood
• 木匠mù jiàngcarpenter
• 木偶mù ǒupuppet
• 木马mù mǎwooden horse; rocking horse; vaulting horse (gymnastics)
• 木制mù zhìwooden
• 木瓜mù guāpapaya (Carica papaya); genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae…
• 木棍mù gùnwooden stick
• 木工mù gōngwoodwork; carpentry; woodworker
• 木乃伊mù nǎi yī(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
• 木质mù zhìwooden
• 木然mù ránstupefied
• 木兰mù lánlily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
• 木桶mù tǒngcask
• 木耳mù ěrwood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus)
• 木料mù liàolumber; timber
• 木柴mù cháifirewood
• 木刻mù kèwoodcut
• 木讷mù nèwooden and slow of speech; slow-speeched; inarticulate
• 木桩mù zhuāngwooden pile; stake
• 木炭mù tàncharcoal
• 木船mù chuánwooden boat
• 木鱼mù yúmokugyo; wooden fish (percussion instrument)

Words containing 木

• 麻木má mùnumb; insensitive; apathetic
• 树木shù mùtree
• 草木cǎo mùvegetation; plants
• 灌木guàn mùbush; shrub
• 铃木Líng mùSuzuki (Japanese surname)
• 积木jī mùtoy building blocks
• 红木hóng mùred wood; mahogany; rosewood
• 花木huā mùflowers and trees; plants; flora
• 灌木丛guàn mù cóngshrub; shrubbery
• 林木lín mùforest; forest tree
• 土木tǔ mùbuilding; construction; civil engineering
• 棺木guān mùcoffin
• 乔木qiáo mùtree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木
• 原木yuán mùlogs
• 独木桥dú mù qiáosingle-log bridge; (fig.) difficult path
• 麻木不仁má mù bù rénnumbed; insensitive; apathetic
• 樟木Zhāng mùDram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border
• 伐木fá mùto fell trees (for timber)
• 呆若木鸡dāi ruò mù jīlit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
• 楠木nán mùPhoebe zhennan; Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar
• 苗木miáo mùsapling; young tree (esp. nursery-grown)
• 土木工程tǔ mù gōng chéngcivil engineering
• 松木sōng mùpine wood; deal; larch
• 啄木鸟zhuó mù niǎowoodpecker

Characters that look like 木

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 车chēcar; vehicle; machine
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 末mòtip; end; final stage
• 禾hé(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

Sounds the same

Read mù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 目eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 慕to admire
• 幕curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 牧to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 墓grave; tomb; mausoleum
• 沐to bathe; to cleanse; to receive
• 睦amicable; harmonious
• 暮evening; sunset
• 穆solemn; reverent; calm
• 募to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 牟used in 牟平; used in 中牟
• 钼molybdenum (chemistry)