Memory phrase for the character: 萧
萧
Meaning
miserable, desolate, dreary, Chinese mugwort Pronunciation xiāo Explanation Top: plant 艹, bottom: respectful 肃 (here: hand
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The plant for making a "soup", is the medicine mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), used when you feel miserable. 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.
隶
stirring soup The official meaning is "slave" but better usable as a hand stirring water (=soup)
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萧条 xiāo tiáo
bleak; desolate; (economic) depression or slump
萧伯纳 Xiāo bó nà
George Bernard Shaw
萧红 Xiāo Hóng
Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
萧红 Xiāo Hóng
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with spoon 丨 stirring a "soup")
