Radical 木

8 strokes

tree 木 (10a) + not 不 (9) = cup 杯

You’ll notice that writing a composite character usually involves simply writing the building blocks, and the building blocks you need will always have been covered earlier in the book. In cases where this does not apply, we will draw attention to it — an example is coming up in the next chapter (24a).

“I said not the tree with the cup tied to it!” cried the horrified lumberjack to his apprentice. / “The giant collects the sap from that one to cook his bacon in.”