​Wood（木）

This is a pictograph of a tree with its branches,trunk,and roots.Only the trunk and branches are suggested because 木 also stands for wood.

“木”字是由树的样子变来的，一横是从枝叶变来的，竖是主干，下面的部分是树根。“木”还代表木材。

To enter three-tenths of an inch into the timber

Wang Xizhi was aprominent calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty(317-420).His style was beautiful,bold and vigorous.He was very diligent about practicing;even when resting,he would engage in figuring out the structure of characters by“writing” on his clothes.With the passage of time,his clothes were worn out by rubbing.It is said that once a carpenter found that the ink of the characters Wang Xizhi had written on a plank had soaked almost one centimeter into it.

This idiom originally described the vigour of Wang Xizhi’s handwriting.Later,it came to be used to mean penetrating analysis.

[本段英文翻译：韩晖]

入木三分

王羲之，字逸少，晋朝时会稽（今浙江绍兴）人。他是中国历史上最有名的书法家之一。因为他曾经做过右军将军，所以后人又称他为王右军。他博采众长，开创了一种独具一格的书法风格，被后人喻为"书圣"。

王羲之的字写得既秀丽，又苍劲有力。固然与他的天资有关系，但最重要的还是由于他的刻苦练习。他为了把字练好，即使是在休息，心里也想着字体的结构，揣摩着字的架子和气势，而且不停地用手指头在衣襟上划着。时间久了，连身上的衣服都划破了。还有一次，当时的皇帝要到北郊去祭祀，让王羲之把祝辞写在一块木板上，再派工人雕刻。雕刻的工人在雕刻时非常惊奇，王羲之写的字，笔力竟然渗入木头三分多。他赞叹地说：“右军将军的字，真是入木三分呀！”

“入木三分”就用来形容书法笔力刚劲有力，也比喻文章、见解深刻、透彻。

 “Analysis of Chinese Characters by bilingual”，is opened for the convenience of Chinese and foreign friends who are interested in Chinese characters. We’ll push a Chinese character every Monday，analyze its origin and related culture. If there is any impropriety，welcome to correct us.

为方便对汉字感兴趣的中国朋友和外国朋友，我们新开设了《双语解字》栏目。每周一推送一个汉字的来历和相关文化，如果其中有不恰当的地方，欢迎中外朋友指正。

如果汉字，用心做的原创内容，通过一个字，学会一片字！帮助孩子抓住汉字规律，理解汉字文化，掌握思维方法，举一反三。