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柰
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crab-apple tree

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Trees
nài
ナ、ナイ、ダイ
いかん、からなし
Depicts wood (木) atop a sacrificial altar (示). Based on the original meaning "offer sacrifice for fortune-telling". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
木 tree+ 示 show =
柰 crab-apple tree
木 Iconic component
mù tree
tree
示 Iconic component
shì show
show, manifest
Notes
Similar Characters
标 symbol (simp)乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects果 fruit枼 table某 such and such
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
柰
Regular
Modern
Chinese
柰 [nài]
crab-apple; how can one help
Japanese
唐梨 、 奈 、 柰 からなし 同音
noun usually kana Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
柰子 [nài​zi]
Chinese pear-leaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
唐梨 [からなし]
Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)