蒜 suàn garlic
How to remember 蒜: 艹 grass + 示 sign + 示 sign = garlic. Next to the bundles with long green grass tops, the farmer hangs a sign and a second sign so nobody misses the fresh garlic.
Component breakdown
蒜 = 艹 grass + 祘
- 艹 grass
- 祘
- 示 sign
- 示 sign
Next to the bundles with long green grass tops, the farmer hangs a sign and a second sign 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).