梨

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 木(き)

Meaning

Pear — Refers to the fruit tree of the rose family.


  • なし — pear
  • 洋梨ようなし — Western pear
  • 梨園りえん — pear orchard (can also refer to kabuki actor lineage)
  • 梨花りか — pear blossom

This kanji is a 形声文字 (phonetic-semantic compound). The left part is ("tree") and the right part is (phonetic marker, simplified form). Together, they represent a tree (wood-based plant) with a specific sound — here, a pear tree.

なしきですか?
Do you like pears?

洋梨ようなし和梨わなしかたちがちがいます。
Western pears and Japanese pears have different shapes.

梨園りえんなし収穫しゅうかくしました。
I harvested pears at the orchard.

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