葵

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used in the names of various herbaceous plants

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “plant” + 癸 sound ( guǐ )

Components 艹癸

large-flowered plants · Heisig RSH #2692

flower + teepee + 天 heavens

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
岩沙海葵毒素	yán shā hǎi kuí dú sù	palytoxin
葵花子	kuí huā zǐ	sunflower seeds
向日葵	xiàng rì kuí	sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
小葵花凤头鹦鹉	xiǎo kuí huā fèng tóu yīng wǔ	(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
黄秋葵	huáng qiū kuí	okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
山葵	shān kuí	wasabi
海葵	hǎi kuí	sea anemone
葵花	kuí huā	sunflower
龙葵	lóng kuí	black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
葵青	Kuí qīng	Kwai Tsing district of New Territories, Hong Kong
秋葵	qiū kuí	okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
葵鼠	kuí shǔ	guinea pig
药蜀葵	yào shǔ kuí	marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
天竺葵	tiān zhú kuí	geranium (Pelargonium hortorum)
锦葵	jǐn kuí	common mallow (Malva sinensis), used in TCM
葵扇	kuí shàn	palm-leaf fan
蒲葵	pú kuí	Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
葵涌	Kuí chōng	Kwai Chung (area in Hong Kong); Kwai Cheong
蜀葵	shǔ kuí	hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
手嶌葵	Shǒu dǎo Kuí	TESHIMA Aoi (1987-), Japanese female pop singer

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