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苹

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(artemisia); duckweed

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 1
Strokes
8
Radical
艸 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
苹
Common rank
#2,759
Unicode
U+82F9

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 苹 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “plant” + 平 sound ( píng )

Components 艹 平

How to remember it

apple · Heisig RSH #2529

flower + water lily

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 苹

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

WordPinyinMeaning
苹果手机 Píng guǒ shǒu jī iPhone
苹果电脑 Píng guǒ diàn nǎo Apple computer; Mac; Macintosh
苹果公司 Píng guǒ Gōng sī Apple Inc.
苹果酒 píng guǒ jiǔ cider
苹果核 píng guǒ hé apple core
苹果派 píng guǒ pài apple pie
苹果泥 píng guǒ ní apple sauce
苹果酱 píng guǒ jiàng apple sauce; apple jam
苹果 Píng guǒ Apple (American tech company)
苹果 píng guǒ apple; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
苹果梨 píng guǒ lí Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
苹果汁 píng guǒ zhī apple juice
苹果馅饼 píng guǒ xiàn bǐng apple pie
苹果蠹蛾 píng guǒ dù é codling moth (Cydia pomonella)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 平 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
平 sound part píng flat, level, even; peaceful
评 píng to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate
坪 píng plain; level ground
怦 pēng ardent, eager; impulsive, bold
砰 pēng bang! the sound of crashing rock
鲆 píng sole
抨 pēng to impeach; to criticize
泙 píng to roar