Memory phrase for the character: 蕉

蕉

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Meaning

banana

Pronunciation

jiāo

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, below: burnt 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 [here: image of hanging bananas])

Mnemonic

The plant only birds can reach with the hanging fruits is: the banana.

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.
焦	burnt, scorched	The bird 隹 on the fire 灬 is burnt.
灬	fire	Also this radical 火 stands for fire.

Vocabulary

香蕉	xiāng jiāo	banana
香蕉人	xiāng jiāo rén	banana person (yellow outside, white inside); mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans; Westernized person of Asian appearance
香蕉人	xiāng jiāo rén
香蕉人	xiāng jiāo rén

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