Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 咪


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Meaning

sound to call cat

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: mouth , right: rice

Mnemonic

(The cats hunt in the rice because there are the mice:) The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of the rice (= the barn) is a: miaow!

Radicals

mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.)
rice
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Vocabulary

猫咪 māo mī kitty
妈咪 mā mi mommy (loanword)
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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