Memory phrase for the character: 黛

黛

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Meaning

umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

Pronunciation

 dài

Explanation

 Top: generation 代 (The person 人 passes on the saber 弋 to the next generation.), bottom: black 黑 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.)

Mnemonic
 
Since generations we use this black for the eyebrows.

Radicals

代 generation
黑 blackThe lower side of the cooking pot 里 is - by the fire 灬 - 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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