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柿 shì persimmon

How to remember 柿: 木 tree + 市 market = persimmon. Grandma picks the orange fruit from the tree in her yard and takes it to the Sunday market, proud of every ripe persimmon.

  • 3,355. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 木

Component breakdown

柿 = 木 tree + 市 market

  • 木 tree
  • 市 market
    • 亠 lid
    • 巾 towel
The Gushi story

Grandma picks the orange fruit from the tree in her yard and takes it to the Sunday market, proud of every ripe persimmon.

How it is used

  • 'Persimmon' - 柿子 (shìzi) persimmon fruit.
  • Most useful in 西红柿 (xīhóngshì) = tomato (literally 'western red persimmon'), a very common vegetable word; synonym 番茄 (fānqié).
  • Note the 木 (tree) radical, marking it as a fruit.

Words with 柿