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
is a bound character: it never stands alone, appearing only in 枇杷 (loquat), the orange early-summer fruit. Note 枇杷 (the fruit) sounds the same as 琵琶 (the lute) — a famous source of word-play in classical jokes.

Components

radical
tree; wood
The tree radical on the left. The loquat is a fruit tree, so gives the meaning category, grouping with other tree and fruit characters such as (apricot) and (pear).
phonetic
to compare (phonetic)
Supplies the sound. Standalone means to compare; here the reading has shifted to pí, and it carries no comparing meaning into .

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