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树 — tree; to cultivate; to set up

Pinyin
shù
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 树: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

树 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 树 in the HSK syllabus: 13

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set upHSK 3
  2. 树林shùlínShulin city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], TaiwanHSK 4
  3. 树木shùmùtreeHSK 5
  4. 树立shùlìto set up; to establishHSK 6
  5. 柏树bǎishùcypress treeHSK 7–9
  6. 槐树huáishùlocust treeHSK 7–9
  7. 建树jiànshùto make a contribution; to establish; to foundHSK 7–9
  8. 柳树liǔshùwillowHSK 7–9
  9. 树干shùgàntree trunkHSK 7–9
  10. 树梢shùshāothe tip of a tree; treetopHSK 7–9
  11. 树荫shùyīnshade of a treeHSK 7–9
  12. 松树sōngshùpine; pine treeHSK 7–9
  13. 杨树yángshùpoplar tree; various trees of genus PopulusHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.