The mnemonic of the character 木? The character 木 means "tree" in English. It's a pretty obvious pictogram, because it looks just like a tree. But which way is it most commonly shown? Which way was it originally depicted? Like this: http://www.womingbai.com/characters/tree-wood-mu.png Or like this: http://www.chi.guru/images/radicals2/04pict/mu4tree.gif