菠
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spinach
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艸 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 菠
- Common rank
- #3,167
- Unicode
- U+83E0
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
spinach · Heisig RSH #1962
flower + 波 waves
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 菠
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大树菠萝 | jackfruit | |
| 木菠萝 | jackfruit; breadfruit; Artocarpus heterophyllus | |
| 菠萝包 | pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple… | |
| 菠萝油 | pineapple bun 菠蘿包|菠萝包[bo1 luo2 bao1] with a slice of butter inserted | |
| 菠菜 | spinach (CL:棵[ke1]); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2 cai3]) | |
| 树菠萝 | jackfruit | |
| 菠萝蜜 | jackfruit | |
| 菠萝 | pineapple | |
| 菠萝啤 | pineapple-flavored soda | |
| 菠烷 | bornane; camphane C10H18 |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 波 — compare how they read.