Memory phrase for the character: 妓

妓

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Meaning

prostitute

Pronunciation

jì

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: support, twig 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)

Mnemonic
 
The woman shows with a twig, that she is a prostitute.

Radicals

女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
支 branchThe bottom shows one of the variants of “hand 又”, which holds a branch or twig 十.




 Vocabulary

妓女 jì nǚ  prostitute; hooker
妓院 jì yuàn  brothel; whorehouse
娼妓 chāng jì  prostitute
娼妓 chāng jì  

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