Memory phrase for the character: 茜

茜

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Meaning Indian madder, Rubia cordifolia, munjeet

Pronunciation

qiàn

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below horizon 一 at sunset in the west)

Mnemonic
 
The plant with the red (= the afterglow at sunset at the west) is the Indian madder .

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
西 westThis sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
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 Vocabulary

露茜 lù xī  Lucy (from the Narnia chronicles)
茜草 qiàn cǎo  Rubia cordifolia; Indian madder; munjit
茜紫 qiàn zǐ  sage (herb)
茜紫 qiàn zǐ  

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