guǒ
noun #4,349

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

usage
appears in 水果 (shuǐguǒ, fruit), 结果 (jiéguǒ, result), 如果 (rúguǒ, if), 苹果 (píngguǒ, apple), 果汁 (guǒzhī, fruit juice), and 效果 (xiàoguǒ, effect).
history
is a pictograph showing fruit hanging on a tree — the represents the fruit and is the tree below it.

Components

radical
tree (radical)
Bottom tree radical (Kangxi #75) — pictograph of a tree with branches above and roots below. Indexes alongside , , , , . 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
tián
field; round fruit (semantic)
Top component — graphically 'field,' but in 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 silhouette. Read it as 'fruit on the branch,' not 'gridded field.'

Stroke Order

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