Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 嗽

嗽

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Meaning

 cough

Pronunciation

 sòu

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])

Mnemonic

If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.

Radicals

口 mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
欶 |a bundle 束 and to lack 欠
束 bundle(The tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.)
欠 lack, yawn
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Vocabulary

咳嗽 ké sou to cough

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