Memory phrase for the Kanji: 噬

噬

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Meaning

to bite, to devour

Pronunciation

 shì

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: 筮 (bamboo 竹, witch 巫 [She's doing the work 工 of two persons 从], here: variant of: sqeeze in 夹)

Mnemonic

 The mouth, in which bamboo is squeezed in: is biting.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
竹 bamboo
夹 squeeze in
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Vocabulary

 噬菌体  shì jūn tǐ  bacteriophage; phage; virus that infects bacteria
 吞噬  tūn shì  to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
 巨噬细胞  jù shì xì bāo  macrophage
 巨噬细胞  jù shì xì bāo  

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