Memory phrase for the character: 藕


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Meaning

root of lotus

Pronunciation

ǒu

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: 耦 (tree with many branches 耒), scorpion 禺 (carapace 田, insect 虫 and long legs 冂)

Mnemonic


 
The plant with the many branches at the scorpions is: the roots of lotus.

Radicals

grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
fertile treeA tree 木 with many branches means: fertile.
ScorpionThe scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.




 Vocabulary

藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián  lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián  


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