李 lǐ plum

Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 子 zǐ child; sage; seed radical 39]
Made with 7 strokes.
Can be thought of as plum as the 'child/seed' of a tree

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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) 桔 jú (tangerine) 棵 kē (of plants) 来 lái (arrive) 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 子 zǐ component: 存 biān (to exist) 孚 fú (to trust) 孩 hái (child) 好 hǎo (good) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 季 jì (season) 孔 kǒng (great) 孟 mèng (first month of a season) 孙 sūn (grandson) 孝 xiào (filial piety or obedience) 学 xué (study) 字 zì (letter)

Sounds same

里 lǐ (inside) 礼 lǐ (ceremony) 理 lǐ (texture)

Different tone

离 lí (Fire) 离 lí 梨 lí (pear) 力 lì (strength) 立 lì (stand) 利 lì (sharp) 厉 lì (strict) 丽 lì (beautiful) 历 lì (to experience)

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People

李鹏 Li Peng
李先念 Li Xiannian
李克强 Li Keqiang
李白 Li Bai

Proverbs

瓜田李下 guā tián lǐ xià Avoid circumstances that give rise to false suspicion, If someone is seen near ripe melons or under a plum tree they are open to suspicion of theft. A longer form of the saying makes it clear that you should not tie up your shoes in a melon field or out on a hat under a plum tree as these actions are suspicious.