玫

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(fine jade); used in 玫瑰[mei2 gui1]

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

王 meaning “jade” + 攵 sound ( pū )

Components 王攵

rose · Heisig RSH #1645

jewel + taskmaster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

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])

Characters sharing the sound component 攵 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
攵 sound part	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