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	west	This sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
米	rice	This 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)
股栗肤粟	gǔ lì fū sù

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