píng

apple

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

平 sound component

  Sound component

píng

  

flat

Evolution

苹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
苹 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
苹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

píng

(artemisia); duckweed

() 

píng

apple

Most common words with 苹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

苹果

apple

duckweed

苹果酱

apple sauce

苹果蠹蛾

codling moth