Memory phrase for the Kanji: 愚

愚

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Meaning to be stupid, to cheat or deceive, me or I (modest)

Pronunciation

yú

Explanation

Top: 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: Combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫 (with sting 厶), long legs 冂), bottom: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
The scorpion in its heart is: stupid.

Radicals

禺 Scorpion
禸 trackEtymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the insect 禺.
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

 愚蠢  yú chǔn  silly; stupid
 愚弄  yú nòng  to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe
 愚昧  yú mèi  ignorant; uneducated
 愚昧  yú mèi  

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