菇 gū mushroom
怎么记住“菇”: 艹 grass + 姑 aunt = mushroom. After the rain, the kids search the wet grass with their aunt, who shouts with joy at every mushroom she finds.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
菇 = 艹 grass + 姑 aunt
- 艹 grass meaning
- 姑 aunt sound
- 女 woman
- 古 old
After the rain, the kids search the wet grass with their aunt, who shouts with joy at every mushroom she finds.
How it came to be
Grass gives the meaning and the aunt the sound; the word names mushrooms.
用法
- The everyday word-part for edible mushroom: 蘑菇 (mógu) mushroom, 香菇 (xiānggū) shiitake, 金针菇 (jīnzhēngū) enoki, 冬菇 (dōnggū) dried winter mushroom.
- 蘑菇 (mógu) also works as a verb/slang: to dawdle or pester (别磨蘑了 stop dilly-dallying), where it's often written 磨蹭 but heard as "mógu."