Memory phrase for the character: 呢

呢

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Meaning

End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"

Pronunciation

ne, ní

Explanation

Left: Mouth 口, right: buddhist nun 尼 (buttocks from side 尸, to sit 匕)

Mnemonic

May the mouth of a Buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?

Radicals

口	mouth, opening	This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
尼	Buddhist nun	The person sitting on her butt 匕 is a nun 尸.
尸	buttocks in side view	This radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.
匕	spoon, ladle	This character means: Spoon. - In the explanations it is typically used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

Vocabulary

花呢	huā ní	tweed; checkered cloth
软呢	ruǎn ní	tweed
着呢	zhe ne	comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather
唵嘛咪叭呢哞	ǎn ma mī ba ní mōu	Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit), or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra

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