Memory phrase for the character: 葫

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bottle-gourd, calabash, allium scorodoprasum

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Top: plant 艹, below: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月/肉 are the beards of the non-Han people.)

(The skin can be used as a drinking-vessel.) The plant where the 'old body' is used: The bottle-gourd.

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.
胡	beard, non-Han people
古	ancient, old, former	Originally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.

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葫芦	hú lu	calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist; generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof); muddled
闷葫芦	mèn hú lu	lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person
电动葫芦	diàn dòng hú lu	electric chain pulley block
电动葫芦	diàn dòng hú lu

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