Memory phrase for the character: 暖

暖

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Meaning

to warm, to heat

Pronunciation

 nuǎn

Explanation

 Left: sun 日, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)

Mnemonic
 
The sun helps to warm up.

Radicals

日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
爰 to helpThis radical is very similar to love: 爱. Here however, an upper hand 爫 helps a lower hand 又 through a rope ノ which has two knots 二.
爫 reaching downwardsShows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
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 Vocabulary

温暖 wēn nuǎn  warm
温暖 wēn nuǎn  

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