无 用 之 树

wúyòngzhīshù

useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊|逍遥游)

Traditional 無用之樹

Meaning

wúyòngzhīshùwu2 yong4 zhi1 shu4

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wú · no, not; lacking, -less

Radical 无 · 4 strokes · Parts 一尢

yòng · to use, to employ, to apply; use

Radical 用 · 5 strokes

zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

Radical 丿 · 3 strokes

Ideographic: A foot meaning "to follow"; cursive version of 止

shù · tree; to plant; to set up, to establish

Radical 木 · 9 strokes · Parts 木对

Pictophonetic: tree

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.