Memory phrase for the character: 谕

谕

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Meaning

order (from above), imperial edict

Pronunciation

 yù

Explanation

 Left: word 讠/言, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])

Mnemonic
 
Words, where you have to assent are orders or edicts.

Radicals

讠 wordTraditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
俞 arrow headThis radical gets its meaning by the similarity to the character for arrow: 箭 (jiàn), which has a similar body under the bamboo 竹. Due to the pointed top this radical is understood as the arrow's head 人 that goes into the flesh 月/肉 and cuts刂.
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 Vocabulary

辗轧 zhǎn yà  
风谕 fēng yù  satire
面谕 miàn yù  to instruct sb personally
面谕 miàn yù  

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