Memory phrase for the Kanji: 渴
渴
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Meaning
thirsty
Pronunciation
kě
Explanation
Left: Water 氵 , right: interrogation 曷 (The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.) cf. to drink 喝
Mnemonic
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He wants to drink water, because under the sun a wrapped person is: thirsty.
Radicals
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Vocabulary
渴望
kě wàng
to thirst for; to long for
5275
口渴
kǒu kě
thirsty
5276
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth
5277
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
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