苹 píng apple
Made up of [艹 cǎo grass; herb radical 140, 平 píng flat; level; smooth ]Alternative traditional form of character: 蘋
Made with 8 strokes.
The grass radical suggests its a food and 'ping' flat is the phonetic. Needs 'guo' to follow to mean apple 'ping guo'
Related characters
Also uses 艹 cǎo component: 菜 cài (vegetable) 草 cǎo (grass) 茶 chá (tea) 懂 dǒng (to understand) 花 huā (flower) 节 jié (joint) 苦 kǔ (bitter) 蓝 lán (blue) 劳 láo (to toil) 满 mǎn (to fill) 猫 māo (cat) 蒙 měng (Mongol) 莫 mò (do not) 葡 pú (grape) 前 qián (front) 若 ruò (to seem) 苏 sū (revive) 萄 táo (grapes) 药 yào (medicine) 艺 yì (skill) 英 yīng (flower) 藏 zàng (treasury) 蒸 zhēng (to steam)
Sounds same
平 píng (flat) 瓶 píng (bottle)
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