Character: 果 (guǒ) fruit

果 (guǒ) means fruit, the character is visualized as a fruit tree with a fruit hanging in each square of the 田 pattern
Pinyin guǒ
Meaning fruit; result
Radical 木 繁體字 same
Two writing patterns can be found in the character 果 (guǒ) fruit: 日, highlighted in red; and 木, highlighted in yellow 日
木

writing patterns, not components

Chinese character pictographcategory: pictograph

Chinese character insert structurestructure: insert

8stroke count

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Stroke order of the Chinese character 果 (guǒ) fruit. There are 8 strokes, and the character is written from top to bottom

Breakdown

果 (guǒ) “fruit” is a pictograph of a tree full of fruit, and it can be divided into two parts. The one at the bottom is the radical 木 (mù) “wood,” which stands for a tree. The other one is 日 (rì)💡, but it does not mean “sun,” as it is a pictographic symbol, which merges with the vertical stroke of 木 (mù) below and forms the pattern 田, representing the fruit on a tree.

guǒ
果
fruit		 rì
日
sun		 shí
时
time		 xīng
星
star
mù
木
wood		 chuáng
床
bed		 xiū
休
to rest

Used as a component

果 (guǒ) “fruit” usually plays a phonetic role when being a component.

guǒ
果
fruit		 kè
课
class		 luǒ
裸
naked		 huái
踝
ankle

💡 Some sources consider the top component as 田 (tián).

Used as a morpheme/word

果 (guǒ) cannot be used alone as a word. Instead, it is used as a morpheme that signifies “fruit” or “result.”

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How to pronounce

This character sounds like the connected k-wa of “ask war.”

3rd Pinyin Yale IPA
Initial g- g [k]
Final -uo wo [ʊo]

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