苹 (píng) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 苹果 "apple"”. It is written from 艹 (grass / plant radical) and 平 (flat; level; even), one above the other, and takes 8 strokes.
Build the character for “the 苹 of 苹果 "apple"”
Four steps: break it apart, build it, recall it, use it in a word.
StartLearn this character
Structure
艹 + 平
Top–bottom structure
Structure from: 说文解字: 苹，蓱也。无根，浮水而生者。从艸平聲; modern decomposition checked against hanzi-writer-data stroke counts (艹 3 + 平 5 = 苹 8)
Memory aid
Grass (艹) sitting on 平 "level" — and 平 is also the sound: píng on the bottom, píng for the whole character.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
8 strokes
In real words
- 苹果píng guǒapple苹 = píng
Go deeper
All readings
apple (in 苹果)
used in 苹果 "apple"; originally the name of a floating water plant
用于「苹果」，指苹果这种水果；本义是一种浮生在水面的草本植物。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 苹果píng guǒapple苹 = píng
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 苹 mean?
苹 (píng) means used in 苹果 "apple"; originally the name of a floating water plant.
How do you pronounce 苹?
It is pronounced píng.
What parts is 苹 made of?
艹 (grass / plant radical) and 平 (flat; level; even), one above the other. The recorded source is: 说文解字: 苹，蓱也。无根，浮水而生者。从艸平聲; modern decomposition checked against hanzi-writer-data stroke counts (艹 3 + 平 5 = 苹 8). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 苹 have?
8. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 苹?
艹. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 苹?
Common ones are 苹果. The reading of 苹 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.