Memory phrase for the character: 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 曰 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, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
曷 interrogationalso as an interrogative particle: why, how, when
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
勹 wrap
人 personA standing person with spread legs.




 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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