Memory phrase for the character: 薇

薇

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Meaning

Osmunda regalis, a species of fern

Pronunciation

wēi

Explanation

Top: grass 艹, bottom: tiny 微 (Go 彳 on the mountain 山 to the one 一 table 几 and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)

Mnemonic

The plant that is tiny is this fern.

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.
彳	step	A simplified variant of “to go 行” with the same meaning.
山	mountain
几	small table	A similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. Also this radical is understood as a table.
攴	rap, strike	Shows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳

Vocabulary

蔷薇	qiáng wēi	rose
赵薇	Zhào Wēi	Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
蔷薇花蕾	qiáng wēi huā lěi	rosebud
蔷薇十字团	qiáng wēi shí zì tuán	the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)
蔷薇十字团	qiáng wēi shí zì tuán

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