Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蕉

蕉

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Meaning

 banana

Pronunciation

 jiāo

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: burnt 焦 (bird 隹, fire 灬 [here: image of hanging bananas])

Mnemonic

The plant only birds can reach with the hanging fruits is: the banana.

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
焦 burnt, scorched(The bird 隹 on the fire 灬 is burnt.)
灬 fire(Also this radical 火 stands for fire.)
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Vocabulary

香蕉 xiāng jiāo banana
香蕉人 xiāng jiāo rén banana person (yellow outside, white inside); mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans; Westernized person of Asian appearance

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