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