柿

shì

old variant of 柿[shi4]

persimmon

tree (木) + sound shì (市) = persimmon tree

木 tells you this is a tree or its fruit. 市 lends the sound shì and has no bearing on persimmons.

木+市→柿

市MarketPhonetic

木TreeSemantic

这棵树上结了很多柿子。

zhè kē shù shang jiē le hěn duō shì zi。

This tree has grown many persimmons.

秋天的时候，柿子会变成橙红色。

qiū tiān de shí hou，shì zi huì biàn chéng chéng hóng sè。

In autumn, persimmons turn orange-red.

柿子

shì zi

persimmon

柿子挑软的捏

shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē

lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)

柿子椒

shì zi jiāo

bell pepper, aka sweet pepper

柿饼

shì bǐng

dried persimmon

西红柿

xī hóng shì

tomato

软柿子

ruǎn shì zi

(coll.) pushover