柿 (shì): persimmon
柿 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “persimmon.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 市 (phonetic). It ranks #2888 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 柿 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- persimmon
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 柿
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柿子 | shì zi | persimmon |
| 柿子椒 | shì zi jiāo | bell pepper, aka sweet pepper |
| 柿子挑软的捏 | shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē | lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) |
| 软柿子 | ruǎn shì zi | (coll.) pushover |
| 柿饼 | shì bǐng | dried persimmon |
柿 appears in 6 compound words: 67 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 柿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
工人们正在砍伐病柿，防止虫害蔓延。
gōng rén men zhēng zài kǎn fá bìng shì , fáng zhǐ chóng hài mán yán .
Workers are cutting down diseased persimmon trees to prevent the spread of pests.
大葱炒牛肉,酸菜炒肉,酱拌菠菜,糖柿子,都是下饭硬菜
dà cōng chǎo niú ròu , suān cài chǎo ròu , jiàng bàn 菠 cài , táng shì zǐ , dōu shì xià fàn yìng cài
梅格买了一罐西红柿。
Méi gé mǎi le yī guàn xīhóngshì.
Meg bought a can of tomatoes.
我不要红色的柿子椒, 而是要绿色的。
Wǒ bù yào hóngsè de shìzijiāo, érshì yào lǜsè de.
I don't want red bell peppers, I want green ones.
她在她花园里种西红柿。
Tā zài tā huāyuán lǐ zhòng xīhóngshì.
She grows tomatoes in her garden.
一公斤的番茄酱等于两公斤的西红柿。
Yī gōngjīn de fānqiéjiàng děngyú liǎng gōngjīn de xīhóngshì.
A kilo of ketchup is equivalent to two kilos of tomatoes.
我在新竹买了一块手工柿饼，味道甜而不腻。
Wǒ zài Xīnzhú mǎi le yīkuài shǒugōng shìbǐng, wèidao tián ér bù nì.
I bought a handmade dried persimmon in Hsinchu. It tastes sweet but not greasy.
Character Family
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