莓
(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,682 U+8393
How 莓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 每 (phonetic, měi)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 每
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 每 (měi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 每 sound component | měi | each, every |
| 海 | hǎi | sea, ocean; maritime |
| 梅 | méi | plum; prune; surname |
| 霉 | méi | mildew, mold, rot |
| 敏 | mǐn | fast, quick; clever, smart |
| 悔 | huǐ | to regret, to repent, to show remorse |
| 酶 | méi | enzyme; to ferment |
| 晦 | huì | dark, obscure, unclear; night |
| 诲 | huì | to teach, to instruct; to encourage, to urge |
| 脢 | méi | flesh |
Words containing 莓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小红莓 | xiǎo hóng méi | cranberry |
| 草莓族 | cǎo méi zú | pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw) |
| 树莓派 | Shù méi Pài | Raspberry Pi (computing) |
| 波森莓 | bō sēn méi | boysenberry (hybrid of raspberry and blackberry) |
| 莓子 | méi zi | berry |
| 山莓 | shān méi | raspberry |
| 黑莓 | hēi méi | blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) |
| 木莓 | mù méi | raspberry |
| 草莓 | cǎo méi | strawberry; CL:顆|颗[ke1]; (Tw) hickey; love bite |
| 莓果 | méi guǒ | berry; small edible berry fruit |
| 树莓 | shù méi | bramble; raspberry |
| 蓝莓 | lán méi | blueberry |
| 蛇莓 | shé méi | Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
| 野樱莓 | yě yīng méi | chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) |
| 蔓越莓 | màn yuè méi | cranberry |
| 鹅莓 | é méi | gooseberry |