Memory phrase for the Kanji: 芹
芹
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Meaning
Chinese celery
Pronunciation
qín
Explanation
Top: plant 艹, bottom: axe 斤
Mnemonic
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The plant that is (harvested) with an axe is: the celery.
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.
斤
axe Image of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.
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Vocabulary
芹菜
qín cài
celery (Apium graveolens)
9391
曹雪芹
Cáo Xuě qín
Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of Dream of Red Mansions
9392
西芹
xī qín
parsley
9393
西芹
xī qín
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