结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
结
jiē
to bear (fruit)
Character
Example phrases
- 这棵苹果树去年没有开花，今年却结了不少果子。 Zhè kē píngguǒ shù qùnián méiyǒu kāihuā, jīnnián què jiē le bù shǎo guǒzi. This apple tree did not blossom last year, but this year it has borne quite a lot of fruit.
- 院子里的葡萄树今年结了很多葡萄。 Yuànzi lǐ de pútáo shù jīnnián jiē le hěn duō pútáo. The grapevine in the yard bore a lot of grapes this year.
- 桃树要到夏天才会结桃子，现在树上还只有绿叶。 Táoshù yào dào xiàtiān cái huì jiē táozi, xiànzài shù shàng hái zhǐ yǒu lǜyè. The peach tree will only bear peaches in summer; for now the tree has only green leaves.