梨
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pear; CL:個|个[ge4]
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Dict coverage rank #1,571 U+68A8
How 梨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 利 (phonetic, lì)
How to remember it
pear · Heisig RSH #2020
利 profit + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 利
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 利 (lì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 利 sound component | lì | gains, advantage, profit, merit |
| 莉 | lì | jasmine |
| 俐 | lì | smooth; active; clever, sharp |
| 痢 | lì | dysentery |
| 唎 | lì | final particle; and? ok? |
| 脷 | lì | beef tongue |
| 猁 | lì | a kind of monkey |
| 蜊 | lí | clam |
Words containing 梨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄花梨木 | huáng huā lí mù | yellow rosewood |
| 凤梨可乐达 | fèng lí kě lè dá | piña colada |
| 梨花带雨 | lí huā dài yǔ | lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom); fig. tear-stained face of a beauty |
| 南美梨 | nán měi lí | avocado (Persea americana) |
| 空气凤梨 | kōng qì fèng lí | air plant (genus Tillandsia 鐵蘭屬|铁兰属[tie3 lan2 shu3]) |
| 梨树区 | Lí shù Qū | Lishu, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 梨树县 | Lí shù Xiàn | Lishu, a county in Siping City 四平市[Si4 ping2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 高接梨 | gāo jiē lí | (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scio… |
| 亚洲梨 | Yà zhōu lí | Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) |
| 梨子 | lí zi | pear; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 山梨 | Shān lí | Yamanashi (prefecture in Japan) |
| 山梨 | shān lí | rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus) |
| 水梨 | shuǐ lí | Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) |
| 黄梨 | huáng lí | pineapple; pear |
| 梨园子弟 | lí yuán zǐ dì | Chinese opera performers |
| 沙梨 | shā lí | Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) |
| 山梨醇 | shān lí chún | sorbitol C6H14O6 (sugar substitute and mild laxative) |
| 梨果 | lí guǒ | pome |
| 梨树 | lí shù | pear tree |
| 雪梨 | Xuě lí | Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia (Tw) |