杏 — Chinese character
杏
xìng
apricot; almond
- Pinyin
- xìng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 木 口
- Formation
- ideographic — A open mouth 口, waiting for fruit to fall from the tree 木
- Japanese
- 杏 as a kanji
Common words with 杏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杏仁 | xìng rén | almond; apricot kernel |
| 银杏 (銀杏) | yín xìng | ginkgo |
| 杏子 | xìng zi | apricot |
| 红杏出墙 (紅杏出牆) | hóng xìng chū qiáng | lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom); fig. a wife having an illicit lover |
| 杏树 (杏樹) | xìng shù | apricot tree |
| 杏林 | xìng lín | forest of apricot trees; (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉 (Dǒng Fèng), 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instea |
| 杏花村 | xìng huā cūn | village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧 (Dù Mù)) |
| 杏仁核 | xìng rén hé | amygdala |
| 杏眼 | xìng yǎn | large, round eyes (considered beautiful) |
| 杏鲍菇 (杏鮑菇) | xìng bào gū | king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) |
| 杏仁豆腐 | xìng rén dòu fu | almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar) |
| 巴旦杏 | bā dàn xìng | almond (loanword) |
English words written with 杏
杏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.