Memory phrase for the character: 芹

芹

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Meaning

Chinese celery

Pronunciation

qín

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: axe 斤

Mnemonic
 
The plant that is (harvested) with an axe is: the celery.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
斤 axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.




 Vocabulary

芹菜 qín cài  celery (Apium graveolens)
曹雪芹 Cáo Xuě qín  Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of Dream of Red Mansions
西芹 xī qín  parsley
西芹 xī qín  

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