树丛 (shù cóng) — grove, thicket | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

grovethicket

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树丛。
Tā men zǒu jìn le yí piàn mào mì de shù cóng.
They walked into a dense thicket.
树丛。
Xiǎo niǎo duǒ zài shù cóng lǐ chàng gē.
The little bird hides in the grove and sings.
树丛。
Fáng zi hòu miàn yǒu yì pái shù cóng.
There is a row of shrubs behind the house.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

The “树” tree and “丛” thicket combine to mean a thicket of trees.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樹; 树 is its simplified writing.

木尌樹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

尌

尌shù樹shù

Same sound today

Originally 尌, 'to plant a tree', was written alone; the traditional form 樹 adds 木, 'tree', to it to differentiate.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 叢; 丛 is its simplified writing.

丵取叢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

丵丵zhuó

Sound part声符shēngfú

取

取qǔ叢cóng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 叢 for 丛 combines 丵 with 取, where 取 gives the sound.

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