Memory phrase for the character: 苞
苞
Meaning
flower calyx, petal, bud, luxuriant, profuse Pronunciation bāo Explanation Top: plant 艹, below: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
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At the plants the 'enwrapping' are the flower calyx. Radicals
艹
grass, plant Grass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
包
package, to cover, to wrap The upper part 勹 itself already stands for "to enwrap" Actually it is with a "snake" 巳, but simplified understood as a variation of self 己.
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Vocabulary
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苞粟 bāo sù
corn; maize
苞米 bāo mǐ
corn; maize (esp. northeast Mandarin)
开苞 kāi bāo
to deflower
苞藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
苞藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
