Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 葛


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Meaning

kudzu (edible bean), twiner-plant, entanglement

Pronunciation

gé, gě

Explanation

Top: Plant/grass , below: interrogation (=The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)

Mnemonic

The plant with the tendrils, like the tangles in an interrogation is the: kudzu-bean.

Radicals

grass, plant
interrogation(also as an interrogative particle: why, how, when)
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Vocabulary

诸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han
诸葛 Zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge
葛缕子 gě lǚ zi caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)

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