理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn 篱笆 籬笆 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) syn 木材 mù cái wood syn 伐木 fá mù to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering syn 塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn 飞蛾 飛蛾 fēi é moth syn 松木 sōng mù pine wood / deal / larch 木屑 mù xiè wood shavings / sawdust syn 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 红木 紅木 hóng mù red wood / mahogany / rosewood / padauk 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 蛀虫 蛀蟲 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin syn 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn 甲醇 jiǎ chún methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / wood alcohol / wood spirit 蛾子 é zi moth syn 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn 丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn 竹木 zhú mù bamboo and wood 茯苓 fú líng Wolfiporia extensa (a wood-decay fungus) / fu ling / tuckahoe 飞蛾扑火 飛蛾撲火 fēi é pū huǒ the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction 苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow) 砍树 砍樹 kǎn shù to chop wood / to chop down trees 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 木杆 木桿 mù gān wooden pole / wood (golf club) 灌木林 guàn mù lín shrubbery / low wood 签 籤 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag syn 木 mù (bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive / numb / wooden syn 纹 紋 wén line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc) syn 炭 tàn wood charcoal / coal syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 蛾 é (bound form) moth syn 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 蠹 dù insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten syn 樟脑丸 樟腦丸 zhāng nǎo wán camphor balls / moth balls syn 蠹虫 蠹蟲 dù chóng moth / harmful person / vermin syn 油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn 刨花 bào huā wood shavings 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 硅化木 guī huà mù petrified wood (geology) 螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 蚕蛾 蠶蛾 cán é Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) 鸡翅木 雞翅木 jī chì mù wenge or wengue (type of wood) 形成层 形成層 xíng chéng céng vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood) 边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 樵 qiáo firewood / gather wood syn 镌 鐫 juān to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe syn 蠡 lǐ wood-boring insect syn 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 槎 chá a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew syn 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 巽 xùn to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast) 锼 鎪 sōu to engrave (metal of wood) syn 桄 guàng woven wood and bamboo utensil / classifier for threads and strings 一叶障目 一葉障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees syn 尺蠖 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm 只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture 榫眼 sǔn yǎn mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) syn 丬 爿 qiáng "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4] 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái earth and wood framework (idiom) / plain and undecorated body 木人石心 mù rén shí xīn lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom) / fig. heartless syn 烈火干柴 烈火乾柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers 众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees 鎸 juān variant of 鐫|镌, to engrave (on wood or stone) / to inscribe 木醇 mù chún wood alcohol / wood spirit / methyl alcohol / methanol CH3OH / same as 甲醇[jia3 chun2] 树化玉 樹化玉 shù huà yù wood jade (type of petrified wood) 木精 mù jīng methanol / methyl alcohol / wood alcohol / wood spirit 亚马孙破布木 亞馬孫破布木 cordia wood / jenny wood 黑林鸽 黑林鴿 hēi lín gē (bird species of China) black wood pigeon / Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) 尺蠖蛾 chǐ huò é moth in family Geometridae 樟脑球 樟腦球 zhāng nǎo qiú camphor balls / moth balls 纸鱼 紙魚 zhǐ yú silverfish (Lepisma saccarina) / fish moth syn 苹果蠹蛾 蘋果蠹蛾 píng guǒ dù é codling moth (Cydia pomonella) 蛾类 蛾類 é lèi moth (family) 蠹蛀 dù zhù to be moth-eaten / to be worm-eaten 钻心虫 鑽心蟲 zuān xīn chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction syn 灯蛾 燈蛾 dēng é moth 柮 duò wood scraps 榾 gǔ scraps of wood 檮 táo blockhead / wood-block 樿 zhǎn (wood) 斲 zhuó chop / carve wood 棻 fēn aromatic wood / perfume / fragrance 彔 lù to carve wood 槢 xí a hard wood 枟 yùn wood streaks 丫杈 yā chà fork (of a tree) / tool made of forked wood syn 土木身 tǔ mù shēn one's body as wood and earth / undecorated / unvarnished (truth) 拼板玩具 pīn bǎn wán jù jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle 拼板游戏 拼板遊戲 pīn bǎn yóu xì jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle 