Memory phrase for the character: 莲

莲

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Meaning lotus

Pronunciation

lián

Explanation

Top: growing plant 艹, below: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)

Mnemonic
 
The plant (which floats on the water), but is connected (to the ground) is the: lotus.

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
连 connect
车 vehicleSimplified from 車. Shows a hand-cart from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. This sign 车 is similar to the simplified east 东 =東.
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 Vocabulary

莲花 lián huā  lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
白莲教 Bái lián jiào  White Lotus society
莲子 lián zǐ  lotus seed
莲子 lián zǐ  

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