Memory phrase for the character: 薇


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Meaning

Osmunda regalis, a species of fern

Pronunciation

wēi

Explanation

Top: grass 艹, bottom: tiny 微 (Go 彳 on the mountain 山 to the one 一 table 几 and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)

Mnemonic


 
The plant that is tiny is this fern.

Radicals

grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
stepA simplified variant of “to go 行” with the same meaning.
mountain
small tableA similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. It is at the right side of composed characters. Also this radical is understood as a table.
rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
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 Vocabulary

蔷薇 qiáng wēi  rose
赵薇 Zhào Wēi  Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
蔷薇花蕾 qiáng wēi huā lěi  rosebud
蔷薇十字团 qiáng wēi shí zì tuán  the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)
蔷薇十字团 qiáng wēi shí zì tuán  


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