杏

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apricot; (bound form) almond

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A open mouth 口, waiting for fruit to fall from the tree 木

Components 木口

apricot · Heisig RSH #208

木 tree + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
杏林区	Xìng lín Qū	Xinglin District of Xiamen city 廈門市\|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (renamed Haicang District 海滄區\|海沧区[…
杏花岭区	Xìng huā lǐng Qū	Xinghualing, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
红杏出墙	hóng xìng chū qiáng	lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom); fig. a wife having an illici…
杏仁体	xìng rén tǐ	amygdala
杏仁果	xìng rén guǒ	(Tw) almond
杏仁核	xìng rén hé	amygdala
杏仁豆腐	xìng rén dòu fu	almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
杏子	xìng zi	apricot
杏花村	xìng huā cūn	village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous…
杏花岭	Xìng huā lǐng	see 杏花嶺區\|杏花岭区[Xing4 hua1 ling3 Qu1]
杏眼	xìng yǎn	large, round eyes (considered beautiful)
杏林	Xìng lín	Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海滄區\|海沧区[Hai3 cang1 Qu1] in 2003)
杏林	xìng lín	forest of apricot trees; (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 F…
杏树	xìng shù	apricot tree
巴旦杏	bā dàn xìng	almond (loanword)
银杏	yín xìng	ginkgo
苦杏仁苷	kǔ xìng rén gān	amygdalin
杏仁	xìng rén	almond; apricot kernel
杏脸桃腮	xìng liǎn táo sāi	(idiom) (of a woman) having a fair complexion with rosy cheeks; beautiful
杏鲍菇	xìng bào gū	king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)