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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

梨: pear tree

JLPT N111 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 利 is drawn in

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

リri · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 梨園りえんtheatrical world

なしnashi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 梨なしnashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear
  • 洋梨ようなしEuropean pear (Pyrus communis); common pear

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
利

Also built on profit (利)

木

Also built on tree (木)

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Also read リ

14 kanji share this on'yomiAll 14

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
梨 pear tree · 木
vs莉 jasmine · 艹
梨 has 木 where 莉 has 艹.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lí

Same form: 梨 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
梨 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
梨 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lí 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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