Chinese symbol for “wood”
木材
mù cái
wood
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wood is 木材 (mù cái), defined as: wood.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wood”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 木头 (木頭) | mù tou | wood; log (块 (kuài),根 (gēn)); (fig.) blockhead; dolt |
| 木 | mù | (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood |
| 木杆 (木桿) | mù gān | wooden pole; wood (golf club) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 木材.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 树木 (樹木) | shù mù | tree |
| 木头 (木頭) | mù tou | wood; log (块 (kuài),根 (gēn)); (fig.) blockhead; dolt |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 木板 | mù bǎn | slab; board |
| 木偶 | mù ǒu | puppet |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material; data |
| 题材 (題材) | tí cái | subject matter |
| 教材 | jiào cái | teaching material; measure word: 本 (běn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wood”.
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.