Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 喝

喝

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Meaning

 to drink, to shout loudly, My goodness!

Pronunciation

 hē, hè

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation)

Mnemonic

His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person 人) something: to drink.

Radicals

口 mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
曷 interrogation(also as an interrogative particle: why, how, when)
日 sun, day
勹 wrap
人 person(everybody)
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Vocabulary

喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol)
吆喝 yāo he to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares); to denounce loudly; to shout slogans
喝采 hè cǎi acclaim; cheer
开锣喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
蹭吃蹭喝 cèng chī cèng hē to cadge a meal

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