Memory phrase for the character: 茄

茄

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Meaning

eggplant

Pronunciation

 qié

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: to add 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat])

Mnemonic
 
(There is still space in the garden) The plant, we should add is: the eggplant.

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.
加 to add
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 Vocabulary

番茄 fān qié  tomato
茄子 qié zi  eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese"
雪茄 xuě jiā  cigar
茄二十八星瓢虫 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng  twenty eight spot lady beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius
茄二十八星瓢虫 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng  

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