柠
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used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2 meng2]
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 檸
- Common rank
- #2,830
- Unicode
- U+67E0
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 柠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青柠色 | lime (color); greenish yellow | |
| 青柠 | lime (fruit) | |
| 柠檬酸循环 | citric acid cycle; Krebs cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle | |
| 柠檬水 | lemonade | |
| 柠檬草 | lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) | |
| 青柠檬 | lime (fruit) | |
| 柠檬酸 | citric acid | |
| 柠檬鸡 | lemon chicken | |
| 柠檬片 | slice of lemon | |
| 柠檬茶 | lemon tea | |
| 柠烯 | (chemistry) limonene | |
| 柠檬汁 | lemon juice | |
| 柠檬烯 | (chemistry) limonene | |
| 柠檬 | lemon |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 宁 — compare how they read.