Memory phrase for the character: 菇

菇

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Meaning

mushroom

Pronunciation

gū

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: paternal aunt 姑 (the woman 女 who is old 古)

Mnemonic
 
The plants (collected) by the old women, are the: mushrooms.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.




 Vocabulary

香菇 xiāng gū  shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom
蘑菇 mó gu  mushroom; to pester; to dawdle
蘑菇 mó gu  
蘑菇云 mó gū yún  mushroom cloud
蘑菇汤 mó gu tāng  mushroom soup
蘑菇汤 mó gu tāng  

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