The Chinese character / radical木 mùsymbolises
wood or tree / plant.
Here are some characters associated with 木 mù A group of trees 木 mù
is a 森林 sēnlín (forest 林 lín
) The family name 杨 Yáng also has the radical 木 mù
.Roots 根 gēn have two
radicals - 木 mù
and the phonetic component 艮 gěn
(also a radical). What looks like a slash
(the radical 丿piě) on top of a tree 木 mù /
plant is the radical 禾 hé standing grain.
The
character season 季 节 jì
jié (季 jì) has
the grain 禾 hé
on top, which is has just started becoming a seed / an
offspring / a son 子 zǐ.
亻rén human
/ person
The man亻rénleaning
against thetree
木 mù is resting休 xiū.