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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