Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 壳
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壳 |
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Meaning |
shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc) |
Pronunciation |
ké, qiào |
Explanation |
Top: scholar 士, bottom: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.) |
Mnemonic
| The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carpace. |
Radicals
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士
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scholar | (Don't mistake with "earth 土", which has a longer base line.) |
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冗
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superfluous | (A table-cloth 冖 on a table 几 is superfluous.) |
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冖
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cover | |
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几
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small table | (A similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. It is at the right side of the characters.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 外壳 |
wài ké |
envelope; outer shell; hull; cover; case | | 地壳 |
dì qiào |
the Earth's crust | | 脑壳 |
nǎo ké |
skull | | 金蝉脱壳 |
jīn chán tuō qiào |
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan | | 壳幔 |
ké màn |
crust-mantle (geology) |
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