Memory phrase for the character: 壳

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shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc)

ké, qiào

Top: scholar 士, bottom: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)

The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carapace.

士	scholar	Don't mistake with "earth 土", which has a longer base line.
冗	superfluous	A table-cloth 冖 on a table 几 is superfluous.
冖	cover	This very similar radical 宀 is understood as a roof.
几	small table	A similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. Also this radical is understood as a table.

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外壳	wài ké	envelope; outer shell; hull; cover; case
地壳	dì qiào	the Earth's crust
脑壳	nǎo ké	skull
金蝉脱壳	jīn chán tuō qiào	lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
壳幔	ké màn	crust-mantle (geology)
壳幔	ké màn

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