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棠

táng
noun #77,971

Meanings

  1. 1 the crabapple tree; the birchleaf pear (a flowering fruit tree)

Examples

庭院里的海棠开出淡淡的粉红色花朵。
Tíngyuàn lǐ de hǎitáng kāi chū dàndàn de fěnhóngsè huāduǒ.
The crabapple flowers in the courtyard bloomed a soft pink.
百姓爱护甘棠，以怀念召公。
Bǎixìng àihù gāntáng, yǐ huáiniàn Shàogōng.
The people cherished the sweet-pear tree in memory of Duke Shao.

Tips

culture
Mostly seen in 海棠 (the ornamental flowering crabapple, a beloved garden tree) and the classical 甘棠 (a sweet pear), which the Book of Songs makes a symbol of a cherished good official people refuse to harm.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
The tree radical 木 at the bottom marks the meaning literally — this character names a kind of flowering fruit tree.
phonetic
尚 shàng
still; to esteem
Standalone 尚 reads shàng; here it supplies the sound for táng. Sitting on top, it is the phonetic element and carries no meaning to the tree.

Stroke Order

棠 táng