Memory phrase for the character: 叔

叔

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Meaning

uncle, father's younger brother

Pronunciation

shū

Explanation

 Left: pepper plant 尗, right: hand 又

Mnemonic
 
Pepper plants in the hands of my younger uncle.

Radicals

叔 younger uncle
尗 pepper plantThe assignment of 尗 as "pepper" is based on the character 椒 (jiāo), which stands for pepper/spices.
又 again, handOther radicals with a hand are: 攴寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

叔叔 shū shu  father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr.
叔叔 shū shu  father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr.
大叔 dà shū  uncle
叔本华 Shū běn huá  Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German post-Kantian philosopher
 

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