杏
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Meaning: apricot
💡 Apricot tree (木) with a mouth (口) tasting the fruit.
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Character Story & Explanation
杏 (xìng) means 'apricot', a fruit tree of the rose family. In Chinese culture, the apricot blossom symbolizes feminine beauty and the arrival of spring. The character combines the radical 木 (tree) with 口 (mouth) above, possibly indicating the fruit's taste. Unlike Western associations of apricots with summer, Chinese tradition links 杏 to early spring blossoms.
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