Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鳍


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Meaning fin

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: fish 鱼/ (... with mouth , body and tail fin ), right: person above 60 years 耆 ( [Old man , sitting person ], sun )[old man & order, purpose ]

Mnemonic


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

Radicals

fish
old man
order, purpose
old
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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