植物

zhíwù · HSK 4

plant

植物 — plant

🌱 植 = plant (verb) + 物 = thing; literally 'planted thing'

植 means to plant or set in the ground (the 木 wood radical hints at trees), and 物 means thing or object. Together 植物 is the 'planted thing' category — vegetation as opposed to 动物 (moving thing = animal).

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