Radical 木

7 strokes

tree 木 (10a) + inch 寸 (104a) = village 村

Pronunciations beginning with “c” (unless they begin “ch”) give us a problem: the letter “c” in the pinyin system stands for the sound “ts”, but hardly any english words begin with “ts”. Our solution to this problem is to use soundwords which begin “st” instead. So if a soundword begins “st” you must reverse the s and t to get the pronunciation. there are 14 such characters in the book; the next one isn’t until Chapter 15.

[村子 (17) cūnzi village]

They have to measure the girth of the tree in inches, to check that it will be the right size for the village square. / The giant has offered to erect it for them and it will look stunning once it is decorated.

Note that the vertical stroke is off center and has a hook at the end.