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檎

qín
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 林檎) Chinese pearleaf crabapple, a small apple-like fruit tree

Examples

院子里的林檎结满了红果。
Yuànzi lǐ de línqín jiē mǎn le hóng guǒ.
The crabapple tree in the courtyard is loaded with small red fruit.
林檎像小苹果，可以吃。
Línqín xiàng xiǎo píngguǒ, kěyǐ chī.
The crabapple looks like a small apple and can be eaten.

Tips

usage
檎 appears only in 林檎, a small apple-like crabapple. In Japanese the same two characters (read 'ringo') became the everyday word for 'apple'. It is a bound character in Chinese.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; tree
木 is the tree radical, here left-side. It marks 檎 as a fruit tree, the crabapple in 林檎.
phonetic
禽 qín
bird; fowl
禽 supplies the exact sound qín. Its own meaning 'fowl' is unrelated here; it serves only as the phonetic beside the tree radical.

Stroke Order

檎 qín