梨

Translingual

Han character

梨 (radical 75 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓木 (HND), X竹弓木 (XHND), four-corner 2290₄)

1. pear
2. opera
3. cut, slash

References

• KangXi: page 530, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14873
• Dae Jaweon: page 918, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1215, character 10
• Unihan data for U+68A8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

梨 (Yale lei4)

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Japanese

Kanji

梨

1. pear

Readings

• On: り (ri)
• Kun: なし (nashi)
• Nanori: か (ka)

梨: the tree and the fruit

Wikipedia ^ja

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Derivation unclear, with numerous theories. Two of the more common are given below.

May be originally a compound of 中 (na, hypothesized root of modern naka, “middle, center”) +‎ 白い (shiro, “white”) in reference to the pale flesh of the fruit.

/na ɕiro/ > /naɕi/

Alternately, may be originally a compound of 中 (na, hypothesized root of modern naka, “middle, center”) +‎ 酢 (su, “sour, acidic”) in reference to the way the flavor of the fruit becomes more astringent closer to the core.

/na su/ > /naɕi/

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [na̠ɕi]

Alternative forms

• ナシ

Noun

梨 (hiragana なし, katakana ナシ, romaji nashi)

1. a pear tree
2. a pear (the fruit)
3. more specifically, the Japanese or Asian pear, Pyrus pyrifolia

Usage notes

As with many terms used in biology, this word is often seen spelled in katakana, as ナシ.

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Korean

Hanja

梨 (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
梨

Hanzi

梨 (pinyin lí (li2), sì (si4), Wade-Giles li², ssu⁴)

1. pear

Synonyms

• 梨子

Compounds

• 梨干儿
• 梨膏
• 梨木
• 梨园
• 梨园戏
• 梨园子弟

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Vietnamese

Han character

梨 (lê)