Memory phrase for the character: 苇


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Meaning reed, rush, Phragmites communis

Pronunciation

wěi

Explanation

Top: plant , right: leather (Two layers are separated with special sword to make leather)

Mnemonic


 
The plant that is cut in a bundle (in a pair of two ) with the knife is the: reed.

Radicals

grass, plant
soft leatheruntanned leather: The raw leather is spliced in two layers with a longer blade of a sword - The radical stands for tanned leather. The radical is used for skin.
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 Vocabulary

芦苇 lú wěi  reed
苇箔 wěi bó  reed matting; reed screen
苇箔 wěi bó  


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