Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 喀

喀

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Meaning

 sound of coughing or vomiting

Pronunciation

 kā

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 our guest)

Mnemonic

His mouth is covering 宀 everybody 各, when: coughing.

Radicals

口 mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
客 guest(Under the roof everybody is our guest.)
宀 roof
各 each, everybody(Watch for the very similar meaning of the radical every 每.)
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Vocabulary

喀哒声 kā da shēng onomat. clunk
喀嚓 kā chā sound of breaking or snapping (onomatopoeia)
阿喀琉斯 Ā kā liú sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
喀布尔 Kā bù ěr Kabul, capital of Afghanistan
喀斯特 kā sī tè karst (loanword); weathered limestone often forming caves
喀麦隆 Kā mài lóng Cameroon
喀哒 kā dā onomat. click

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