Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蕉


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Meaning

banana

Pronunciation

jiāo

Explanation

Top: plant , below: burnt (bird , fire [here: image of hanging bananas])

Mnemonic

The plant only birds can reach with the hanging fruits is: the banana.

Radicals

grass, plant
burnt, scorchedThe bird on the fire is burnt.
fireAlso this radical stands for fire.
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Vocabulary

 香蕉  xiāng jiāo  banana
 香蕉人  xiāng jiāo rén  banana person (yellow outside, white inside); mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans; Westernized person of Asian appearance
 香蕉人  xiāng jiāo rén  
 香蕉人  xiāng jiāo rén  


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