柿

Left tree radical, the indexing element, a pictograph of a tree with roots and branches in its compressed left-side form. Anchors 柿 in the fruit-tree family with 杏 (apricot), 桃 (peach), 李 (plum), 梨 (pear). The radical states the plain fact: this is the name of a tree and its fruit.

Right 市 supplies the sound, shì matching the parent reading with no drift. 市 originally depicted a banner raised over a marketplace, the seed for 'city, market.' For 柿 the connection is purely phonetic, chosen as a familiar high-frequency character with the right reading. A handy mnemonic: persimmons are sold by the basketful in autumn markets across China.