Memory phrase for the Kanji: 垢

垢

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Meaning

dirt, disgrace

Pronunciation

gòu

Explanation

Left: earth 土, right: empress, behind 后 (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor. shows: buttocks 尸 with anus 口 for: "behind": The one following 'behind' is the empress.)

Mnemonic

What comes to the ground from the buttocks' anus, is: dirt.

Radicals

土	earth, ground
口	mouth, opening	This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
尸	buttocks in side view	This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.

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Vocabulary

污垢	wū gòu	filth
水垢	shuǐ gòu	limescale
除垢剂	chú gòu jì	detergent
澡垢索疵	zǎo gòu suǒ cī	to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault; to nitpick
澡垢索疵	zǎo gòu suǒ cī

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