Memory phrase for the character: 葛

葛

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Meaning

kudzu (edible bean), twiner-plant, entanglement

Pronunciation

gé, gě

Explanation

 Top: Plant/grass 艹, below: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)

Mnemonic
 
The plant with the tendrils, like the tangles in an interrogation is the: kudzu-bean.

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.
曷 interrogationalso as an interrogative particle: why, how, when




 Vocabulary

诸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng  Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han
诸葛 Zhū gě  two-character surname Zhuge
 
葛缕子 gě lǚ zi  caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)
 

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