Memory phrase for the Kanji: 菱


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Meaning

water-chestnut (caltrop)

Pronunciation

líng

Explanation

Top: grass, plant , bottom slowly, dawdle (Who walks over the earth with legs that are crossed , is dawdling.)

Mnemonic

The plant that dawdles (when growing?) is the water-chestnut.

Radicals

grass, plant
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Vocabulary

 菱形  líng xíng  rhombus
 菱角  líng jiǎo  water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa)
 菱铁矿  líng tiě kuàng  siderite
 菱铁矿  líng tiě kuàng  


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