Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 嘀

嘀

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backbite

dí

Left: mouth 口, right: old emperor 啇 (mix of emperor 帝 [He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾] and old 古)

From the mouth of the old emperor: a backbite.

口	mouth, opening	(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
帝	emperor
古	ancient, old, former	(Originally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.)

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嘀咕	dí gu	to whisper
嘀嗒	dī dā	onom. tick tock

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