Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 葫

葫

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Meaning

 bottle-gourd, calabash, allium scorodoprasum

Pronunciation

 hú

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月/肉 are the beards of the non-Han people.)

Mnemonic

(The skin can be used as a drinking-vessel.) The plant where the 'old body' is used: The bottle-gourd.

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
胡 beard, non-Han people
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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Vocabulary

葫芦 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist; generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof); muddled
闷葫芦 mèn hú lu lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person
电动葫芦 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block

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