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Chinese symbol for “undergrowth”

树丛
shù cóng
Traditional: 樹叢
thicket; undergrowth

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undergrowth is 树丛 (shù cóng), defined as: thicket; undergrowth.

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Characters and stroke order

树 shù
tree; to plant; to set up, to establish
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
丛 cóng
bush, shrub; thicket; collection
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “undergrowth”

WordPinyinMeaning
灌丛 (灌叢)guàn cóngscrub; shrubland

Related words

Other words that share a character with 树丛.

WordPinyinMeaning
树立 (樹立)shù lìto set up; to establish
树木 (樹木)shù mùtree
树林 (樹林)shù línwoods; grove
树枝 (樹枝)shù zhībranch; twig
植树 (植樹)zhí shùto plant trees
树脂 (樹脂)shù zhīresin
丛林 (叢林)cóng línjungle; thicket
丛书 (叢書)cóng shūa series of books; a collection of books

See also: Japanese symbol for “undergrowth”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.