Memory phrase for the character: 芹

芹

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Meaning

Chinese celery

Pronunciation

qín

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: axe 斤

Mnemonic

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.

Vocabulary

芹菜	qín cài	celery (Apium graveolens)
曹雪芹	Cáo Xuě qín	Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of Dream of Red Mansions
西芹	xī qín	parsley

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