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莓

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(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)

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Strokes
10
Radical
艸 +7
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
莓
Common rank
#2,682
Unicode
U+8393

Formation & memory

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How 莓 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “grass” + 每 sound ( měi )

Components 艹 每

Words with 莓

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

WordPinyinMeaning
小红莓 xiǎo hóng méi cranberry
草莓族 cǎo méi zú pampered young people unaccustomed to hardship (Tw)
树莓派 Shù méi Pài Raspberry Pi (computing)
波森莓 bō sēn méi boysenberry (hybrid of raspberry and blackberry)
莓子 méi zi berry
山莓 shān méi raspberry
黑莓 hēi méi blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
木莓 mù méi raspberry
草莓 cǎo méi strawberry; CL:顆|颗[ke1]; (Tw) hickey; love bite
莓果 méi guǒ berry; small edible berry fruit
树莓 shù méi bramble; raspberry
蓝莓 lán méi blueberry
蛇莓 shé méi Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)
野樱莓 yě yīng méi chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
蔓越莓 màn yuè méi cranberry
鹅莓 é méi gooseberry

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
每 sound part měi each, every
海 hǎi sea, ocean; maritime
梅 méi plum; prune; surname
霉 méi mildew, mold, rot
敏 mǐn fast, quick; clever, smart
悔 huǐ to regret, to repent, to show remorse
酶 méi enzyme; to ferment
晦 huì dark, obscure, unclear; night
诲 huì to teach, to instruct; to encourage, to urge
脢 méi flesh