Memory phrase for the Kanji: 窝

窝

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Meaning nest, lair, shelter, pit on the human body

Pronunciation

wō

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: chat, gossip 呙 (A mouth 口 as big as the chest 内 likes gossip.)

Mnemonic
 
It's a cavity 穴, that surrounds 口, where you can be inside 内: The nest.

Radicals

穴 cave
呙 gossip, chat, jawHis mouth 口 is as big as the chest 内, because he likes gossips.
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 Vocabulary

 眼窝  yǎn wō  eye socket
 蜂窝煤  fēng wō méi  hexagonal household coal briquet
 蜂窝  fēng wō  bee's nest; honeycomb; fig. honeycomb figure
 颊窝  jiá wō  dimple; heat-sensing facial pit of a snake
 捅马蜂窝  tǒng mǎ fēng wō  to poke through a hornets' nest; to attack a difficult task resolutely
 捅马蜂窝  tǒng mǎ fēng wō  

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