果

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fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Fruit 田 growing on a tree 木

Components 田木

fruit · Heisig RSH #921

木 tree + brains

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
水果	shuǐ guǒ	fruit
人心果	rén xīn guǒ	sapodilla, a tropical fruit bearing tree
花果山	Huā guǒ Shān	Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記\|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], tourist destination; (also the…
无花果	wú huā guǒ	fig (Ficus carica)
长生果	cháng shēng guǒ	(dialect) peanut
平果市	Píng guǒ Shì	Pingguo, a county-level city in Baise City 百色市[Bai3 se4 Shi4], Guangxi
开心果	kāi xīn guǒ	pistachio nuts; fig. amusing person
黄金果	huáng jīn guǒ	abiu (Pouteria caimito)
情人果	qíng rén guǒ	(Tw) pickled mangoes (burong mangga)
不果	bù guǒ	(literary) to be unsuccessful; to fail to achieve the intended result
果子	guǒ zi	fruit; variant of 餜子\|馃子[guo3 zi5]
白果	bái guǒ	ginkgo
开花结果	kāi huā jiē guǒ	(lit.) to blossom and bear fruit (idiom); (fig.) to come to fruition; to yield favorable r…
火龙果	huǒ lóng guǒ	red pitaya; dragon fruit; dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)
水果酒	shuǐ guǒ jiǔ	fruit wine
平果	Píng guǒ	see 平果市[Ping2 guo3 Shi4]
面包果	miàn bāo guǒ	jackfruit; breadfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus
成果	chéng guǒ	result; achievement; gain; profit; CL:個\|个[ge4]
红果	hóng guǒ	haw fruit
多香果	duō xiāng guǒ	allspice; Jamaican pepper (Pimenta dioica)

These characters use 果 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
果 sound part	guǒ	fruit, nut; result
课	kè	subject, lesson, course; classwork
裸	luǒ	bare, nude; to strip, to undress
裹	guǒ	to wrap, to encircle; to confine, to bind
踝	huái	ankle
窠	kē	den, nest; hole, indentation
棵	kē	measure word for trees
骒	kè	mare, jenny
夥	huǒ	assistant; companion; partner; many, numerous
蜾	guǒ	solitary wasp; potter wasp
倮	luǒ	bare, naked, uncovered
猓	guǒ	monkey
锞	kè	ingot; acrobatic move
髁	kē	thigh bone, hip bone, kneecap