Memory phrase for the Kanji: 葛


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Meaning kudzu (edible bean), twiner-plant, entanglement

Pronunciation

gé, gě

Explanation

Top: Plant/grass , below: interrogation (=The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)

Mnemonic


 
The plant with the tendrils, like the tangles in an interrogation is the: kudzu-bean.

Radicals

grass, plant
interrogationalso as an interrogative particle: why, how, when
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 Vocabulary

 诸葛亮  Zhū gě Liàng  Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han
 诸葛  Zhū gě  two-character surname Zhuge
 诸葛  Zhū gě  
 葛缕子  gě lǚ zi  caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)
 葛缕子  gě lǚ zi  

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