Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 苞


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Meaning

flower calyx, petal, bud, luxuriant, profuse

Pronunciation

bāo

Explanation

Top: plant , below: enwrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)

Mnemonic

At the plants the 'enwrapping' are the flower calyx.

Radicals

grass, plant
package, to cover, to wrap(Actually with a "snake" , but simplified understood as a variation of self .)
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Vocabulary

苞粟 bāo sù corn; maize
苞米 bāo mǐ corn; maize (esp. northeast Mandarin)
开苞 kāi bāo to deflower
苞藏祸心 bāo cáng huò xīn to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice


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