Memory phrase for the character: 葵
葵
Meaning
sunflower Pronunciation kuí Explanation Top: plant 艹, bottom: tenth of 10 heavenly trunks 癸 (volcano 癶, sky, heaven 天)
Mnemonic
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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 Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even though there is some overlapping in the explanations.
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Vocabulary
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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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