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蔬

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vegetables

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
15
Radical
艸 +11
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
蔬
Common rank
#3,624
Unicode
U+852C

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Formation & memory

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How 蔬 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “plant” + 疏 sound ( shū )

Components 艹 疏

How to remember it

veggies · Heisig RSH #1922

flower + 疏 sparse

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 蔬

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
绿叶蔬菜 lǜ yè shū cài leafy green vegetable; leafy greens
时蔬 shí shū seasonal vegetables
蔬食 shū shí vegetarian meal; vegetarian diet
菜蔬 cài shū greens; vegetables; vegetable side dish
蔬菜 shū cài vegetables
果蔬 guǒ shū fruit and vegetables
蔬果 shū guǒ vegetables and fruits