Definitions
(noun)
fruit
(noun)
result; outcome
(adverb)
indeed; really
Etymology
Pictograph of fruit growing on a tree.
About
The character "果" originated as a pictograph depicting fruit on a tree, which solidified into a form combining the radical "木" for tree with an upper component that represents the fruit itself. Its core meaning began with the concrete botanical fruit, but later extended to abstract outcomes or results, and additionally adopted connotations of decisiveness or resolution in certain compound words and contexts. The traditional form of the character maintains this same structural composition.
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这个水果很甜。
苹果是一种水果。
比赛的结果很好。
如果你来，我会很高兴。
他果然通过了考试。
努力学习，结果就会好。
事情的后果需要慎重考虑。
经过调查，我们果然发现了问题的根源。