Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 垢

垢

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Meaning

 dirt, disgrace

Pronunciation

 gòu

Explanation

 Left: earth 土, right: empress, behind 后 (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor. shows: buttocks 尸 with anus 口 for: "behind": The one following 'behind' is the empress.)

Mnemonic

What comes to the ground from the buttocks' anus, is: dirt.

Radicals

土 earth, ground
口 mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
尸 buttocks in side view(This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.)
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Vocabulary

污垢 wū gòu filth
水垢 shuǐ gòu limescale
除垢剂 chú gòu jì detergent
澡垢索疵 zǎo gòu suǒ cī to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault; to nitpick

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