Memory phrase for the character: 菱

菱

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Meaning

water-chestnut (caltrop)

Pronunciation

líng

Explanation

 Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom slowly, dawdle 夌 (Who walks over the earth 土 with legs 儿 that are crossed 夂, is dawdling.)

Mnemonic
 
The plant that dawdles (when growing?) is the water-chestnut.

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.
夌 ???




 Vocabulary

菱形 líng xíng  rhombus
菱角 líng jiǎo  water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa)
菱铁矿 líng tiě kuàng  siderite
菱铁矿 líng tiě kuàng  

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