HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
水果
Fruit (Literally: Water-fruit)
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 水果 look like this?
'水' (shǔi) represents flowing water, looking like a stream. '果' (guǒ) shows a tree '木' with fruit '田' on top. Together, they literally mean 'watery fruit'!