that’s not wood, though, it’s 小 with a 一 through it.
Yes, I also came by to say this (and reply to acabjones below re. Pleco). Pleco has the bottom component as 朩 deng3, reference in image below:
Edit: that being said, I really admire OP for their curiousity and intuition to break down the characters manually, even if they don’t arrive at the correct result every time. It will put them in a fantastic place for the rest of their Chinese learning.
Wait is this a paid dictionary on Pleco? I don’t think I have the character breakdown like that.
I haven’t paid for any add ons, so this should be one of the free ones? I added the following:
I like this dictionary for character breakdowns: https://www.dong-chinese.com/wiki/茶
According to this it’s ⿱艹余, where 余 is a pictogram of a small shelter, an old rendering of 舍 (example 宿舍, dormitory)
Thanks, I was learning from a native speaker, so they may have just misremembered. I appreciate that!
