Memory phrase for the character: 鳍

鳍

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Meaning

fin

Pronunciation

 qí

Explanation

 Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: person above 60 years 耆 (老 [Old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日)[old man 耂 & order, purpose 旨]

Mnemonic
 
At the fish they give like an old man 耂 (with the fingers 指), the orders 旨: the fins.

Radicals

魚 fish
耂 old manWith this radical an old man seems to support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?
旨 order, purpose
老 oldA similar radical is: filial obedience 孝 and this radical 耂 stands for an old man.
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
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 Vocabulary

胸鳍 xiōng qí  pectoral fin
背鳍 bèi qí  dorsal fin
尾鳍 wěi qí  tail or caudal fin
臀鳍 tún qí  anal fin
臀鳍 tún qí  

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