Memory phrase for the character: 粟

粟

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Meaning

millet, grain, goose pimples

Pronunciation

sù

Explanation

 Top: west 覀/西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west.), bottom: rice 米

Mnemonic
 
The 'western' rice is: millet.

Radicals

西 westThis sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
米 riceThis radical 米 means the rice grain. The rice plant has this radical: 禾




 Vocabulary

苞粟 bāo sù  corn; maize
脱粟 tuō sù  grain kernel (after threshing and winnowing)
股栗肤粟 gǔ lì fū sù  with shuddering thighs and skin like gooseflesh (idiom)
 

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