Memory phrase for the Kanji: 胡

胡

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Meaning

beard, mustache, non-Han people, reckless

Pronunciation

 hú

Explanation

 Left: old 古 (image of a tomb stone), right: flesh, body part 月/肉

Mnemonic
Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.

Radicals

胡 beard, non-Han people
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
肉 meatand body parts
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Vocabulary

 胡子  hú zi  beard; moustache or whiskers; facial hair
 胡萝卜  hú luó bo  carrot
 胡萝卜素  hú luó bo sù  carotene
 胡燕妮  Hú Yān nī  Jenny Hu
 胡诌乱傍  hú zhōu luàn bàng  to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
 胡椒  hú jiāo  pepper
 胡抡  hú lūn  to act rashly
 胡笙  hú shēng  pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
 胡笙  hú shēng  

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