Memory phrase for the character: 阉

阉

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Meaning

to castrate, a castrate, neuter

Pronunciation

 yān

Explanation

 Outside: gate 门/門, inside: suddenly 奄 (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]

Mnemonic
 
(Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate.

Radicals

门 gateSimplified from 門, which shows a gate with two wings.
奄 suddenlyThe lower part 电 means 'electricity' and was simplified from 電, wherein during rain the lightning rod 乚 in the field has electricity. The big 大 electricity 电 refers to a lightning flash that comes suddenly.
电 electricityField 田 with lightning rod 乚.
乚 lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".
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 Vocabulary

阉割 yān gē  to castrate; fig. to emasculate
阉竖 yān shù  eunuch (contemptuous appellation)
阉然 yān rán  covertly; secretly
阉然 yān rán  

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