桔 jú tangerine; orange

Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 吉 jí lucky; propitious ]
Made with 10 strokes.
Alternative shortened form for tangerine, wood radical with 'ji' as rough phonetic

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Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) 本 běn (root) 菜 cài (vegetable) 彩 cǎi (color) 茶 chá (tea) 柴 chái (firewood) 床 chuáng (bed) 杆 gān (pole) 果 guǒ (fruit) 机 jī (machine) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 棵 kē (of plants) 来 lái (arrive) 李 lǐ (plum) 梨 lí (pear) 林 lín (forest) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) 棋 qí (board game) 秦 qín (Qin) 亲 qīn (parent) 柔 róu (soft) 杀 shā (to kill) 树 shù (tree) 术 shù (method) 宋 song (Song) 条 tiáo (strip) 未 wèi (not yet) 闲 xián (to stay idle) 相 xiāng (each other) 校 xiào (school) 椅 yǐ (chair) 植 zhí (to plant) 枝 zhī (branch) 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 吉 jí component: 结 jié (knot) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of)

Sounds same

局 jú (office)

Different tone

居 jū (to reside) 句 jù (sentence) 剧 jù (drama)

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Proverbs

桔化为枳 jú huà wèi zhǐ People change according to their environment. According to a story orange trees gave different types of fruit depending on whether they were planted north or south of a river.