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Millie Tiwatmuncharoen
Millie Tiwatmuncharoen
5 years ago

Think of a fruit growing from a tree (木). On the top left, the character looks like alphabet “L”, which reminds us of the word Li.

Ruby Rich
Ruby Rich
4 years ago

This looks like fruit is growing on top of the tree radical, just like pears do

Hugo Obori
Hugo Obori
4 years ago

its looks like a fruit tree where fruits grow on

Saffi Ullah
Saffi Ullah
3 years ago

Looks and sounds similar to 李友的李 with a different radical position. What we have is wood, knife and grain and overall it looks like a pear, one which is fat from the bottom and slimmer at the top.

Sherab Ghale
Sherab Ghale
3 years ago

Looks like the “WOOD” is being chopped by the knife radical on top of a “PEAR” tree.

Mahrukh Riaz
Mahrukh Riaz
3 years ago

梨 looks like wood radical making us understand it is a plant, and then knife because you cut the skin off a pear with a knife

Anar Chuluunbaatar
Anar Chuluunbaatar
2 years ago

the bottom part of the character is the wood and we can see the upper part as a pear growing on the tree

AJ Noble
AJ Noble
2 years ago

the bottom is the wood radical which looks like a tree, and the fruit (pears) are growing from it

egi
egi
1 year ago

the second radical 刂 looks like the opposite appearance of “LI”. And the radical three reminds me that pear grows from a tree.

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Muhammad Bin Kazim
Muhammad Bin Kazim
1 month ago

The pronunciation of 梨 (lí) sounds similar to 利 (lì), which is inside the character.
利 (lì) means “sharp” or “benefit,” and it’s enclosed within the radical 木 (tree).
Imagine that the pear (梨) is hiding a knife (利) inside the tree (木)—because you need to cut the fruit to enjoy it!

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masha
masha
1 month ago

I remember this character from Li You the main person in our texts

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Baysaa
Baysaa
1 month ago

‘Lí’ sounds similar to ‘liir’ in Mongolian, which means ‘pear.’ Therefore, I memorized the pinyin by comparing it to my native language. For the Hanzi, the seed is growing on the tree, and the knife radical looks like a pear too.