Memory phrase for the character: 粟
粟
Meaning
millet, grain, goose pimples Pronunciation sù Explanation Top: west 覀/西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west.), bottom: rice 米
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The 'western' rice is: millet. Radicals
西
west This sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
米
rice This radical 米 means the rice grain. The rice plant has this radical: 禾
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苞粟 bāo sù
corn; maize
脱粟 tuō sù
grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)
股栗肤粟
gǔ lì fū sù
with shuddering thighs and skin like gooseflesh (idiom)
股栗肤粟
gǔ lì fū sù
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