Memory phrase for the character: 葫
葫
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Meaning
bottle-gourd, calabash, allium scorodoprasum
Pronunciation
hú
hu2
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
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(The skin can be used as a drinking-vessel.) The plant where the 'old body' is used: The bottle-gourd.
Radicals
艹
grass, plant Grass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
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
6419
闷葫芦
mèn hú lu
lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person
8237
电动葫芦
diàn dòng hú lu
electric chain pulley block
8238
电动葫芦
diàn dòng hú lu
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