梨 lí pear
Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 刂 dāo knife (radical) radical 18]Made with 11 strokes.
The wood radical indicates tree and the upper part 'li' is the phonetic. Pears are an unlucky gift as 'li' also means separate/divorce
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Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) 本 běn (root) 菜 cài (vegetable) 彩 cǎi (color) 茶 chá (tea) 柴 chái (firewood) 床 chuáng (bed) 杆 gān (pole) 果 guǒ (fruit) 机 jī (machine) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 桔 jú (tangerine) 棵 kē (of plants) 来 lái (arrive) 李 lǐ (plum) 林 lín (forest) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) 棋 qí (board game) 秦 qín (Qin) 亲 qīn (parent) 柔 róu (soft) 杀 shā (to kill) 树 shù (tree) 术 shù (method) 宋 song (Song) 条 tiáo (strip) 未 wèi (not yet) 闲 xián (to stay idle) 相 xiāng (each other) 校 xiào (school) 椅 yǐ (chair) 植 zhí (to plant) 枝 zhī (branch) 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 刂 dāo component: 别 bié (to leave) 厕 cè (toilet) 超 chāo (to exceed) 到 dào (arrive) 刚 gāng (hard) 剧 jù (drama) 刊 kān (to print) 利 lì (sharp) 前 qián (front) 狮 shī (lion) 则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)
Sounds same
离 lí (Fire) 离 líDifferent tone
里 lǐ (inside) 礼 lǐ (ceremony) 理 lǐ (texture) 李 lǐ (plum) 力 lì (strength) 立 lì (stand) 利 lì (sharp) 厉 lì (strict) 丽 lì (beautiful) 历 lì (to experience)Pronunciation
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