柿 shì persimmon
How to remember 柿: 木 tree + 市 market = persimmon. Grandma picks the orange fruit from the tree in her yard and takes it to the Sunday market, proud of every ripe persimmon.
Component breakdown
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
柿 = 木 tree + 市 market
- 木 tree meaning
- 市 market sound
- 亠 lid
- 巾 towel
Grandma picks the orange fruit from the tree in her yard and takes it to the Sunday market, proud of every ripe persimmon.
How it came to be
The tree gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
How it is used
- 'Persimmon': 柿子 (shìzi) persimmon fruit.
- Most useful in 西红柿 (xīhóngshì) = tomato (literally 'western red persimmon'), a very common vegetable word; synonym 番茄 (fānqié).
- Note the 木 (tree) radical, marking it as a fruit.