Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蓬

蓬

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Meaning

 disheveled, unkempt, overgrown, vigorous, fleabane

Pronunciation

 péng

Explanation

 Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: to encounter 逢 (The movements of a bee 蜂 [=insect of peak of growing plant] (from blossom to blossom) mean: to encounter.)

Mnemonic

The plant which you often encounter (because it is overgrown /disheveled) is: the fleabane.

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
逢 encounter(to meet by chance, to come across)
夆 pointed, sharp(sitting cross-legged 夂 on top of growing plant 丰, like at 'bee' 蜂)
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Vocabulary

蓬勃 péng bó vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality
蓬茸 péng róng lush; luxuriant (of grass or hair); soft lush hair
蓬户瓮牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home

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