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noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 枇杷 (loquat)

Examples

枇杷酸甜初夏成熟
Pípá suāntián, chūxià chéngshú.
Loquats are sweet and sour, and ripen in early summer.
Wū qián zhǎng zhe yī kē pípá shù.
There is a loquat tree growing in front of the house.

Tips

usage
Read , the character is bound — it appears only in 枇杷 (loquat). The same character has a separate reading , a farm tool for breaking up and leveling soil; that sense is unrelated to the fruit.

Components

radical
tree; wood
The tree radical on the left. In the reading the loquat is a fruit tree; in the reading the harrow is a wooden tool — either way supplies the meaning.
phonetic
to cling to (phonetic)
Supplies the sound. Standalone gives the close readings pá and bà; it carries no meaning into .

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