漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
杏: apricot
JLPT N17 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 口 is drawn in
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 杏林きょうりんapricot grove
- 杏仁きょうにんapricot seed; apricot kernel
あんずanzu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 杏あんずapricot (Prunus armeniaca)
Also read アン, コウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read アン
6 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xìng
Same form: 杏 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 杏 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 杏 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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