果

guǒ
noun #4,349

Meanings

  1. 1 fruit; result; outcome
  2. 2 indeed; really; resolute

Examples

HSK 1
Nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme shuǐguǒ?
What fruit do you like to eat?
HSK 4
Jiéguǒ zěnmeyàng?
What was the result?

Tips

usage
果 appears in 水果 (fruit), 结果 (result), 如果 (if), 苹果 (apple), 果汁 (fruit juice), and 效果 (effect).
history
果 is a pictograph showing fruit hanging on a tree - the 田 represents the fruit and 木 is the tree below it.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree (radical)
Bottom tree radical (Kangxi #75) - pictograph of a tree with branches above and roots below. Indexes 果 alongside 林, 树, 枝, 桃, 梅. Together with the fruit-shape above: a tree bearing fruit at its top = result, outcome, accomplishment. The 'indeed, resolute' senses come metaphorically from 'something that has come to fruit'.
semantic
田 tián
field; round fruit (semantic)
Top component - graphically 'field', but in 果 this isn't a literal field. It's a stylised round fruit hanging from the tree below: the oracle-bone form drew three or four small dots clustered at the treetop, and those dots regularised into the boxy 田 silhouette. Read it as 'fruit on the branch', not 'gridded field'.

Stroke Order

果 guǒ