漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
柿: persimmon
N1 (our estimate)9 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 市 is drawn in
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 熟柿じゅくしripe persimmon
かきkaki · kun'yomi · on its own
- 柿かきkaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
- 渋柿しぶがきastringent persimmon
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
市
Also built on market (市)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side柿 persimmon · 木
vs姉 elder sister · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shì
Same form: 柿 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 柿 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 柿 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shì 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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