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The character for tree, now commonly written as "树" in its simplified form, traces its origins to the traditional character "樹", a phono-semantic compound in which the radical "木" serves as the semantic element indicating wood or tree, while "尌" acts as the phonetic component. Initially, "樹" conveyed a verbal meaning, referring to the act of planting or establishing, with the noun sense deriving from the object resulting from that action. Over time, the character's meaning shifted from the process to the entity itself, solidifying its primary reference to a tree. The structural adaptation to "树" involved replacing the intricate phonetic "尌" with "对", which retains a similar sound while simplifying the character's form, yet this modification did not alter the core conceptual focus on the tree as a plant.
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这里有一棵树。
大树很高大。
我们在树下休息。
树上有一只小鸟。
他种了一棵苹果树。
春天来了，树木都变绿了。
公司要树立良好的形象。
环境保护需要我们多种树。