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梨 means 'Japanese pear tree'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1673   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-28    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 30 words   Used in 2222 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   なし Japanese pear tree
Additional readings
On    リ
Name    か
Notes
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The Japanese pear is tough and spotted, inspiring fun terms that implicitly compare rough-hewn or polka-dotted entities to this fruit. (For example, a word for "avocado" breaks down as "alligator + pear"!) Moreover, 梨 pops up in words for pear-shaped things. See why this occurs even though a Japanese pear is round. Also find out why
梨園
means something extremely different from "pear garden."
Components
⿱  利 effective  木 tree  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 梨 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 梨 is used 24 times, read 2 ways.
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リ : 8 words FIND ALL
り か 1
noun
pear blossoms
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なし : 16 words FIND ALL
や ま な し 2 や ま な し 0
noun
wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
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An additional 6 less common words include 梨 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2086  Key to Kanji: - 

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梨
なし Japanese pear tree   
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利
リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   きく to be effective   
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禾
grain
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
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