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I was looking up the characters for pineapple
凤梨, pinyin feng4 li2
Literally, Feng pear
Then I got curious about this Feng, turns out it refers to Fenghuang, a mythical king of birds in east Asian mythos - the Japanese reading for 凤凰 is Ho-O it turns out
So now you might ask why the pineapple is called Ho-Oh/Fenghuang's pear in Chinese?
Look at Ho-Oh's tail, it resembles the barbs on a pineapple quite well (as do some depictions of Fenghuang)
And there you have it, the pineapple is named after a Fenghuang tail
Definitely will be thinking of Ho-Oh the next time I buy a pineapple / Feng pear
凤梨, pinyin feng4 li2
Literally, Feng pear
Then I got curious about this Feng, turns out it refers to Fenghuang, a mythical king of birds in east Asian mythos - the Japanese reading for 凤凰 is Ho-O it turns out
So now you might ask why the pineapple is called Ho-Oh/Fenghuang's pear in Chinese?
Look at Ho-Oh's tail, it resembles the barbs on a pineapple quite well (as do some depictions of Fenghuang)
And there you have it, the pineapple is named after a Fenghuang tail
Definitely will be thinking of Ho-Oh the next time I buy a pineapple / Feng pear
