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How to write 果 (guǒ, “fruit”)

果 (guǒ), an HSK 1 character, means “fruit”, “result” and “resolute”. It is a character whose parts combine into its meaning. Among the HSK words it appears in 水果 (“fruit”), 苹果 (“apple”) and 如果 (“if”). Japanese reads it ka, “fruit”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.

Pinyin
guǒ
Strokes
8
HSK
1
Radical
木 (“tree”)

Stroke by stroke

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

As a top-bottom character it splits into 田 (“field”), strokes 1–4; 木 (“tree”, the radical), strokes 5–8, written the top first.

  1. top leftdownwards
  2. top leftrightwards → downwards
  3. toprightwards
  4. centerrightwards
  5. leftrightwards
  6. topdownwards
  7. centerdown and left
  8. centerdown and right

Names of the strokes

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).

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 8 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 8 strokes

Where 果 comes from

Fruit 田 growing on a tree 木

Trace it

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Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
guǒ
third tone		fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really—水果 苹果 如果 结果
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 1
HSK 2.0
in a level 1 word
Words with it
180 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 果

WordPinyinMeaning
水果shuǐguǒfruit HSK 1
苹果 蘋果píngguǒapple HSK 1
如果rúguǒif; in case HSK 3
结果 結果jiéguǒoutcome; result HSK 4
效果xiàoguǒresult; effect HSK 4
果汁guǒzhīfruit juice HSK 4
后果 後果hòuguǒconsequences; aftermath HSK 5
果然guǒránreally; sure enough HSK 5
成果chéngguǒresult; achievement HSK 5
果实 果實guǒshífruit (produced by a plant); fruits HSK 5

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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Contain it:

HSK 1, in list order: