The Mandarin Chinese character 木 (mù) is a radical as well as an independent character. It is a picture of a tree.
Mù means tree; wood.
Mandarin Vocabulary with Mù
| Pinyin | Characters | Meaning |
| Mù gōng | 木工 | carpentry |
| Mù jiàng | 木匠 | carpenter |
| Mù tàn | 木炭 | charcoal |
| Má mù | 麻木 | numb |
| Mù guā | 木瓜 | papaya |

