柿 meaning and stroke order
Persimmon
How to write 柿, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 柿
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- persimmon
- old variant of 柿[shi4]
How 柿 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Tree.
木 gives the meaning and 市 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 柿
柿 is a tree 木 (mù) on the left with 市 (shì, market) on the right, which gives the sound. Picture a tree whose orange fruit gets carried straight to the market 市 to be sold.
柿 rarely stands alone. It usually appears in 柿子 (shìzi, persimmon) and in 西红柿 (xīhóngshì, tomato), literally a "western red persimmon." Example: 我想买两斤西红柿。(Wǒ xiǎng mǎi liǎng jīn xīhóngshì.) I want to buy two jin of tomatoes.
Common mistake: Learners often write the right side as 市 with a separate dot on top. In the standard form, the vertical stroke of the right part runs straight through from top to bottom, unlike the dot in 市. Also do not confuse 柿 with 沛 (pèi) or 肺 (fèi), which share a similar right side.
Common words with 柿
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
柿 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 柿
How many strokes are in 柿?
柿 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 柿 mean?
柿 (shì) means persimmon. A common word with it is 西红柿 (xīhóngshì), meaning "tomato".
How do you pronounce 柿?
柿 is pronounced shì, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 柿?
The radical of 柿 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 柿 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 柿?
The traditional form of 柿 is 柹. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 柿 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 柿 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 柿 is part of the HSK 5 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Why does the word for tomato contain the character for persimmon?
When tomatoes arrived in China, people compared them to persimmons because both are round, red or orange, and soft. 西 (xī, west) marks it as a foreign fruit, so 西红柿 means a red persimmon from the west.
Is 柿子 used to mean tomato anywhere?
Yes. In Northeastern dialect, 柿子 (shìzi) can mean tomato. In standard Mandarin it means persimmon, and tomato is 西红柿 or 番茄 (fānqié).