Read Edit View history Discussion 棵 kē HSK4 measure word for trees Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound. Components 木 木 Meaning component mù tree 果 果 Sound component guǒ fruit Change in sound 棵 and 果 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 棵 kʰloːnʔ 果 *[k]ˤo[r]ʔ Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkʰloːlkʰloːnʔɡloːnʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang