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Kotomora

梨

pear tree

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

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

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  • 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

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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.