Chinese Character Wiki
柰

nài

crab-apple tree

Original meaning: 

offer sacrifice for fortune-telling

Depicts wood (木) atop a sacrificial altar (示). Based on the original meaning "offer sacrifice for fortune-telling". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

tree

示 iconic component

示  Iconic component

shì

  

show

Evolution

柰 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
柰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

柰  

nài

crab-apple tree; endure, bear; crab-apple; how can one help

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

款 隸

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6394th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+67F0

Shuowen

“柰，果也。从木，示聲。”


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