Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 菇

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mushroom

gū

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

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

艹	grass, plant
女	woman
古	ancient, old, former	(Originally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.)

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

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