玫
(fine jade); used in 玫瑰[mei2 gui1]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,320 U+73AB
How 玫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + 攵 (phonetic, pū)
How to remember it
rose · Heisig RSH #1645
jewel + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 攵
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 攵 (pū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 攵 sound component | pū | to rap, to tap; script; to let go |
| 敦 | dūn | honest, candid, sincere; kind-hearted; to esteem |
| 枚 | méi | the stalk of a shrub, the trunk of a tree |
Words containing 玫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玫红眉朱雀 | méi hóng méi zhū què | (bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa) |
| 托勒玫 | Tuō lè méi | Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician… |
| 玫瑰星云 | méi guī xīng yún | Rosette nebula NGC 2237 |
| 玫瑰战争 | Méi guī Zhàn zhēng | The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) |
| 玫瑰念珠 | méi gui niàn zhū | rosary (Catholic prayer beads) |
| 玫瑰花 | méi guī huā | rose |
| 玫瑰果 | méi guī guǒ | rose hip |
| 玫瑰茄 | méi gui qié | roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) |
| 玫瑰 | méi guī | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1]); rose flower (CL:朵[duo3]) |