Memory phrase for the Kanji: 黛


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Meaning

umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

Pronunciation

dài

Explanation

Top: generation (The person passes on the sabre to the next generation.), bottom: black (The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black.)

Mnemonic

Since generations we use this black for the eyebrows.

Radicals

generation
blackThe lower side of the cooking pot is - by the fire - stained black.
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Vocabulary

 黛安娜  Dài ān nà  Diana (goddess in Greek mythology)
 眉黛  méi dài  eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
 烟花粉黛  yān huā fěn dài  woman; prostitute; love-making; literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
 烟花粉黛  yān huā fěn dài  


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