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蒜 suàn garlic

How to remember 蒜: 艹 grass + 示 show + 示 show = garlic. The farmer lifts a bundle with long green grass tops to show the crowd, then shows it again, so nobody misses the fresh garlic.

  • HSK 9
  • 13 strokes
  • Radical 艹

Component breakdown

蒜 = 艹 grass + 祘 count

  • 艹 grass
  • 祘 count
    • 示 show
    • 示 show
The Gushi story

The farmer lifts a bundle with long green grass tops to show the crowd, then shows it again, so nobody misses the fresh garlic.

How it is used

  • 'Garlic': 大蒜 (dàsuàn) garlic, 蒜泥 (suànní) mashed garlic, 蒜苗 (suànmiáo) garlic sprouts.
  • Colloquial idiom: 装蒜 (zhuāngsuàn) to play dumb / put on an act; 别跟我装蒜 (don't play innocent with me).