苹píng
apple; duckweed, Artemisia. 8 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 3.
Pinyin píngStrokes 8Radical 艹Band HSK 3Words 1
How to write 苹
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–8 write 平.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 苹 · the stroke-order rules
What 苹 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 平 (píng, flat).
艹 carries the meaning — plant — and 平 carries the sound.
Words that use 苹
| 苹果 | crisp apples 一种红色或青色、爽脆多汁的水果 妈妈在市场买了一整袋新鲜苹果。Mum bought a whole bag of fresh apples at the market. Lesson 120, 水果与清爽 · 居家生活与美味日常 · Home Living & Culinary Delights |
Characters that share the sound part 平
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.