pear; 个[gè]

HSK 5

1Stroke Order Animation

0 strokes

2Readings & Meanings

  • pear; 个[gè]

3Structure

Top-bottom structure上下结构

is built from 2 parts.

4Common Words with

南美梨nán měi lí

avocado (Persea americana)

士多啤梨shì duō pí lí

strawberry (loanword)

孔融让梨Kǒng Róng ràng lí

Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kǒng Róng] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty

山梨shān lí

rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus)

山梨县Shān lí xiàn

Yamanashi prefecture, Japan

山梨酸钾shān lí suān jiǎ

potassium sorbate, É02 (a food preservative)

Other Characters Pronounced “li”