pear

Made up of [ wood; wooden radical 75, 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 component: bǎn (board) bēi (cup) ; běn (root) ; cài (vegetable) ; cǎi (color) ; chá (tea) ; chái (firewood) ; chuáng (bed) ; gān (pole) ; guǒ (fruit) ; (machine) ; jìn (to prohibit) ; jìn (to prohibit) ; (tangerine) ; (of plants) ; lái (arrive) ; (plum) ; lín (forest) ; lóu (multi-story building) ; (board game) ; qín (Qin) ; qīn (parent) ; róu (soft) ; shā (to kill) ; shù (tree) ; shù (method) ; song (Song) ; tiáo (strip) ; wèi (not yet) ; xián (to stay idle) ; xiāng (each other) ; xiào (school) ; (chair) ; zhí (to plant) ; zhī (branch) ; zhuō (table)
Also uses dāo component: bié (to leave) (toilet) ; chāo (to exceed) ; dào (arrive) ; gāng (hard) ; (drama) ; kān (to print) ; (sharp) ; qián (front) ; shī (lion) ; (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)

Sounds same

(Fire) ;

Different tone

(inside) ; (ceremony) ; (texture) ; (plum) ; (strength) ; (stand) ; (sharp) ; (strict) ; (beautiful) ; (to experience)

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Pronunciation

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