蒜 suàn garlic
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
蒜 = 艹 grass + 祘 count
- 艹 grass
- 祘 count
- 示 show
- 示 show
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 came to be
用法
- '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).