Memory phrase for the character: 瘦

瘦

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Meaning

thin, to lose weight, meager

Pronunciation

 shòu

Explanation

 Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: old gentleman 叟 (He leans with the hands E 彐 on a stick 丨 that serves as a 3rd hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
The sickness of the old gentleman is that he is meager.

Radicals

疒 sicknessSimilar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.
叟 old gentleman, old manDoes he support himself with three hands (E, 彐, 又) on his walking stick 丨? - (Or does he have a walker?)
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 Vocabulary

瘦弱 shòu ruò  thin and weak
消瘦 xiāo shòu  to waste away; to become thin
瘦长 shòu cháng  slim
高矮胖瘦 gāo ǎi pàng shòu  one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature
高矮胖瘦 gāo ǎi pàng shòu  

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