plum

A plum () is the offspring () of a tree ().

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

子 meaning component

  Meaning component

zi

  

child

Evolution

李 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
李 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
李 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
李 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

plum; judge; surname

 

surname Li

Most common words with 李
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Li

行李

luggage

行李箱

suitcase

李宇春

Li Yuchun aka Chris Lee (1984-), Chinese pop singer

李娜

Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.rəʔ

liX

plum


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 18.1003% of movies

1276th most common character in movies

472nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+674E

Shuowen

“李,果也。从木,子聲。杍,古文。”


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