How to write 苹 (píng, “artemisia”)
苹 (píng), an HSK 1 character, means “artemisia” and “duckweed”. It is HSK 1 in the 2025 syllabus, down from level 3 in the 2021 standard. The traditional form is 蘋, 20 strokes instead of 8. It is part of the HSK word 苹果 (“apple”), and of 苹果酒 (“cider”) and 苹果汁 (“apple juice”). Japanese reads it hei, “duckweed”.
- Pinyin
- píng
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 艹 (“grass”)
- Traditional
- 蘋
Stroke by stroke
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- 3
- 4
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- 8
As a top-bottom character it splits into 艹 (“grass”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 平 (“flat”), strokes 4–8, written the top first.
- top leftrightwards
- top leftdown and right
- topdown and right → downwards
- top leftrightwards
- leftdown and right
- rightdownwards → down and left
- leftrightwards
- centerdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (8 strokes in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese).
Traditional form
- Simplified
- 苹 · 8 strokes
- Traditional
- 蘋 · 20 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| píng second tone | (artemisia); duckweed; used in 苹果 (píngguǒ) | 蘋 | 苹果 苹果酒 苹果汁 苹果梨 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 3
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 10 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 苹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苹果 蘋果 | píngguǒ | apple HSK 1 |
| 苹果酒 蘋果酒 | píngguǒjiǔ | cider |
| 苹果汁 蘋果汁 | píngguǒzhī | apple juice |
| 苹果梨 蘋果梨 | píngguǒlí | Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) |
| 苹果派 蘋果派 | píngguǒpài | apple pie |
| 苹果核 蘋果核 | píngguǒhé | apple core |
| 苹果泥 蘋果泥 | píngguǒní | apple sauce |
| 苹果酱 蘋果醬 | píngguǒjiàng | apple sauce; apple jam |
| 苹果馅饼 蘋果餡餅 | píngguǒxiànbǐng | apple pie |
| 苹果蠹蛾 蘋果蠹蛾 | píngguǒdùé | codling moth (Cydia pomonella) |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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