蘋 meaning and stroke order
Apple; duckweed, Artemisia
How to write 蘋, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 蘋
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- clover fern (Marsilea quadrifolia)
- used in 蘋果|苹果[ping2 guo3]
How 蘋 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Plant.
艹 gives the meaning and 頻 hints at the sound.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 蘋
The grass radical 艹 on top tells you this is a plant, and 頻 (pín) underneath gives the sound. Picture a plant that you eat again and again, 頻 meaning frequent, like an apple a day.
Today 蘋 is mostly seen in 蘋果 (píngguǒ, apple), and mainland China writes it 苹果 with the simpler 苹. Example: 我每天吃一個蘋果。(Wǒ měitiān chī yí ge píngguǒ.) I eat an apple every day.
Common mistake: Learners often read the phonetic part and say pín instead of píng for apple. Remember that 蘋果 is píngguǒ with the -ng ending, while pín is a separate reading for the clover fern sense.
Common words with 蘋
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 蘋
How many strokes are in 蘋?
蘋 is written with 20 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 蘋 mean?
蘋 (píng) means apple; duckweed, Artemisia. A common word with it is 苹果 (píngguǒ), meaning "apple".
How do you pronounce 蘋?
蘋 is pronounced píng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 蘋?
The radical of 蘋 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 蘋 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 蘋?
蘋 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 苹 and 𬞟, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 蘋 the same as 萍 (píng), duckweed?
They share the sound píng and both name water plants, but they are different characters. For duckweed, modern Chinese normally uses 萍, as in 浮萍 (fúpíng). Use 蘋 for apple.
Where will I see 蘋 instead of 苹?
You will see 蘋 in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other places that use traditional characters, for example on menus and fruit stands. Mainland China and Singapore write 苹果.