柿
persimmon
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,480 U+67FF
How 柿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 市 (phonetic, shì)
How to remember it
persimmon · Heisig RSH #1689
木 tree + 市 market
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 市
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 市 (shì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 市 sound component | shì | city, town; market, fair; to trade |
| 铈 | shì | cerium |
Words containing 柿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西红柿 | xī hóng shì | tomato |
| 洋柿子 | yáng shì zi | (dialect) tomato |
| 软柿子 | ruǎn shì zi | (coll.) pushover; soft touch |
| 柿子挑软的捏 | shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē | lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom); fig. it's the weak (i… |
| 柿子椒 | shì zi jiāo | bell pepper, aka sweet pepper |
| 柿子 | shì zi | persimmon; (Northeastern dialect) tomato |
| 柿饼 | shì bǐng | dried persimmon |