Memory phrase for the character: 冕

冕

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Meaning

crown, ceremonial cap, corona (e.g. solar)

Pronunciation

miǎn

Explanation

Top: 冂 two 二 (Take this part as the image of a crown), bottom: to avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 but no tail 丶)

Mnemonic


 
It looks like a crown 冂,二 and is padded/cushioned with rabbit's fur: The crown.

Radicals

冂 comprise, down box
二 two
免 avoid, escapeThis radical is similar to rabbit 兔, which escapes with its long legs. (Note the difference to the radical 'brilliant' 奂, which shows a woman giving birth.)




 Vocabulary

冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng  high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
卫冕 wèi miǎn  to defend the crown (in sports championship)
日冕层 rì miǎn céng  the sun's corona
日冕层 rì miǎn céng  


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