梨 means “pear”

なし · nashi

Also: pear tree

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

なし

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

リ

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The story

Profit (利) growing on a tree (木): picture a crisp, round nashi pear. Its name sounds like 無し, nothing, so some call it ありの実, 'the fruit of having'; 洋梨 is the Western pear, and 山梨 is a prefecture of orchards.

Used in 梨 (nashi, Asian pear), 洋梨 (younashi, Western pear), and 山梨 (yamanashi, Yamanashi)

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