Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 坡

坡

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Meaning

 slope, sloping, slanted

Pronunciation

 pō

Explanation

 Left: earth 土, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂.)

Mnemonic

(Here the turf is open) That the ground/earth has a skin, you can see at the slope.

Radicals

土 earth, ground
皮 skin(For 'leather' also the radicals 革 and 韦 are used.)
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Vocabulary

山坡 shān pō hillside
陡坡 dǒu pō steep incline; water chute; sluice

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