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, plant
曷 interrogationalso as an interrogative particle: why, how, when
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 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
诸葛 Zhū gě  
葛缕子 gě lǚ zi  caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)
葛缕子 gě lǚ zi  

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