蒜
garlic; CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,209 U+849C
How 蒜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “herb”) + 祘 (phonetic, suàn)
components: 艹 祘
How to remember it
garlic · Heisig RSH #2166
altar + flower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 蒜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡毛蒜皮 | jī máo suàn pí | lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter) |
| 独子蒜 | dú zǐ suàn | solo garlic; single-clove garlic |
| 独头蒜 | dú tóu suàn | solo garlic; single-clove garlic |
| 压蒜器 | yā suàn qì | garlic press |
| 装洋蒜 | zhuāng yáng suàn | to feign ignorance |
| 大蒜 | dà suàn | garlic; CL:瓣[ban4],頭|头[tou2] |
| 蒜头 | suàn tóu | garlic bulb |
| 石蒜 | shí suàn | red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) |
| 蒜米 | suàn mǐ | minced garlic; peeled garlic clove |
| 青蒜 | qīng suàn | garlic shoots and leaves |
| 香蒜酱 | xiāng suàn jiàng | garlic sauce; pesto |
| 装蒜 | zhuāng suàn | to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know |
| 蒜味 | suàn wèi | garlic odor |
| 多瓣蒜 | duō bàn suàn | Chinese elephant garlic |
| 蒜泥 | suàn ní | thoroughly mashed or minced garlic; garlic paste |
| 磕头如捣蒜 | kē tóu rú dǎo suàn | (idiom) to kowtow repeatedly and rapidly (esp. when pleading for mercy) |
| 蒜苗 | suàn miáo | garlic shoot; garlic sprouts |
| 蒜瓣 | suàn bàn | garlic clove |
| 蒜蓉 | suàn róng | thoroughly mashed or minced garlic; garlic paste |
| 拌蒜 | bàn suàn | to stagger (walk unsteadily) |