Memory phrase for the character: 蒜

蒜

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Meaning

garlic

Pronunciation

suàn

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: 2x to show 示

Mnemonic
 
(Think of its smell when both: eating and farting) The plant that shows twice is the garlic.

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.
示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.




 Vocabulary

蒜茸钳 suàn róng qián  garlic press
大蒜 dà suàn  garlic
蒜苗 suàn miáo  garlic shoot; garlic sprouts
香蒜酱 xiāng suàn jiàng  garlic sauce; pesto
香蒜酱 xiāng suàn jiàng  

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