Memory phrase for the character: 菱
菱
Meaning
water-chestnut (caltrop) Pronunciation líng Explanation Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom slowly, dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling.)
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The plant that dawdles (when growing?) is the water-chestnut. 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.
夌
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菱形 líng xíng
rhombus
菱角 líng jiǎo
water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa)
菱铁矿 líng tiě kuàng
siderite
菱铁矿 líng tiě kuàng
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