梨
pear tree
Readings
On'yomi
- リ
Kun'yomi
- なし
Nanori
- か
Meaning
梨 centers on the pear tree and its fruit. The meaning is straightforward: a specific fruit-bearing tree.
Most common words using 梨
20 of 40- 山梨やまなし
Yamanashi (city, prefecture)
- 唐梨からなし
Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
- 梨なし
nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear
- 梨花りか
pear blossoms
- 花梨かりん
Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; amboyna; amboina
- 洋梨ようなし
European pear (Pyrus communis); common pear
- 阿闍梨あじゃり
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest
- 梨園りえん
theatrical world
- 山梨大学やまなしだいがく
Yamanashi University
- 中国梨ちゅうごくなし
Chinese white pear (Pyrus x bretschneideri); ya pear; pearple
- 台湾犬梨たいわんいぬなし
evergreen pear (Pyrus kawakamii)
- 和梨わなし
Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia); nashi pear
- 小豆梨あずきなし
alder-leafed whitebeam (Sorbus alnifolia); Korean whitebeam
- 山梨医科大学やまなしいかだいがく
Yamanashi Medical University
- 山梨学院大学やまなしがくいんだいがく
Yamanashi Gakuin University
- 山梨県やまなしけん
Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)
- 山梨県立大学やまなしけんりつだいがく
Yamanashi Prefectural University
- 山梨県立美術館やまなしけんりつびじゅつかん
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
- 山梨県警やまなしけんけい
Yamanashi Prefectural Police (abbr)
- 山梨英和大学やまなしえいわだいがく
Yamanashi Eiwa College
Study
Etymology
梨 combines 利 (which likely contributes the sound) with 木 (tree), forming a phono-semantic compound for the pear tree.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 利 suggests sharpness or profit, and the bottom 木 is a tree. Picture a tree that yields a sharp, profitable harvest: a pear tree.
Reading mnemonic
For リ, imagine a pear tree so fruitful that you reap a rich harvest: reap -> リ, and the tree is a pear tree.