Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 533, Entry 16 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gang. Originally written as this character. Jade Tablet (Yupian): A wooden beam across a wall. Sea of Characters (Pianhai): A tall tree. History of Tang (Tangshi): In the fifth year of the Kaibao reign period, Zizhou presented two plum trees, the green gang variety, which had grown together into a single joined branch. The character gang is written with this component.