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杏

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apricot

HSK 10 N1

Nature →Plants →Trees

xìng

キョウ、アン、コウ

あんず

행

Depicts a fruit from a tree (木) that is delicious to taste (口).

Components

木 tree+ 口 mouth =

杏 apricot

木 Iconic component

mù tree

口 Iconic component

kǒu mouth

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

杏

Regular

Modern

Chinese

杏 [xìng]

apricot; almond

Japanese

杏、杏子あんず、アンズ同音

noun usually kana apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

Example Sentences

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あんずの花が満開だ。

The apricot trees are in full blossom.

Japanese Names

杏あず

Azu female given name

杏あずみ

Azumi female given name

杏あん

An female given name

杏あんず

Anzu female given namesurname

杏あんぬ

Annu female given name

杏あんり

Anri female given name

杏からもも

Karamomo surname

杏きょう

Kyō female given name

杏きょうじ

Kyōji unclassified name

杏こう

Kō female given name

杏すうめ

Suume surname

杏もも

Momo female given name

CHINESE WORDS (25)

杏仁 [xìngrén] #11,195

银杏 [yínxìng] #34,453

ginkgo (tree with fan-shaped leaves and yellow seeds)

银杏 [yínxìng] #34,453

ginkgo (tree with fan-shaped leaves and yellow seeds)

杏子 [xìngzi] #25,358

杏林区 [Xìnglínqū] #36,836

Xinglin district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市 (renamed Haicang district 海滄區|海沧区 in 2003)

杏林区 [Xìnglínqū] #36,836

Xinglin district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市 (renamed Haicang district 海滄區|海沧区 in 2003)

红杏出墙 [hóngxìngchūqiáng] #37,506

lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)

红杏出墙 [hóngxìngchūqiáng] #37,506

lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)

杏树 [xìngshù] #57,583

杏树 [xìngshù] #57,583

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JAPANESE WORDS (21)

⭐ 杏 [あんず] #23,581

apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

杏仁豆腐 [あんにんどうふ] #66,172

(Chinese-style) almond jelly

大銀杏 [おおいちょう] #87,311

large ginkgo tree

銀杏 [いちょう] #91,601

ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)

巴旦杏 [はたんきょう] #117,249

杏仁 [きょうにん] #121,420

銀杏返し [いちょうがえし] #130,458

ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle

杏花 [きょうか] #160,030

杏林 [きょうりん] #232,547

杏ジャム [あんずジャム] #232,807

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