Memory phrase for the Kanji: 寇

寇

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Meaning bandit, foe, enemy, to invade, to plunder

Pronunciation

kòu

Explanation

Top: roof 宀, bottom: Yuan/money, origin 元, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
He comes under your roof, wants your Yuan and strikes: the bandit.

Radicals

宀 roof
元 yuan
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
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 Vocabulary

 倭寇  Wō kòu  Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
 流寇  liú kòu  roving bandit; rebel band
 司寇  sī kòu  minister of criminal justice (official rank in Imperial China); two-character surname Sikou
 司寇  sī kòu  

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