Memory phrase for the character: 葵

葵

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Meaning

sunflower

Pronunciation

kuí

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: tenth of 10 heavenly trunks 癸 (volcano 癶, sky, heaven 天)

Mnemonic

The plant with a flower like a volcano that grows towards the sky is: the sunflower.

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.
癶	volcano	In 业 an empty volcanic vent is shown and the mountain is in 癶 full of rising smoke.
天	sky	The line 一 above the big 大 person indicates the sky. - Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even though there is some overlapping in the explanations.

Vocabulary

向日葵	xiàng rì kuí	sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
黄秋葵	huáng qiū kuí	okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
蜀葵	shǔ kuí	hollyhock
蜀葵	shǔ kuí

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