Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 吞
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吞 |
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Meaning |
to swallow, drink, absorb |
Pronunciation |
tūn |
Explanation |
Top: sky 天, below: mouth 口 |
Mnemonic
| Like from the sky and through the mouth, when: swallowing. |
Radicals
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天
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sky | (Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even if there ae some overlappings in the explanations.) |
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口
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mouth, opening | (This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 吞并 |
tūn bìng |
to annex | | 侵吞 |
qīn tūn |
to annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle | | 吞食 |
tūn shí |
to devour | | 吞噬 |
tūn shì |
to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up |
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