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
焦 burnt, scorchedThe bird 隹 on the fire 灬 is burnt.
灬 fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
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 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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