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木 — stroke order

mù
ㄇㄨˋ
Meaning
tree
Strokes
4
Radical
木
Practise 木 in the full tool →

Watch how to write 木 (mù) stroke by stroke. 木 has 4 strokes and means “tree”. It appears in common words such as 木瓜 (papaya) and 麻木 (numb). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 木

The most common words that use 木 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

木瓜mùguāpapaya麻木mámùnumb木頭mùtouslow-witted木耳mùěredible tree fungus木馬mùmǎwooden horse樹木shùmùtrees

How 木 is written

Radical
木
Components
十 + 八
Formation
Pictographic — A tree.

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