Memory phrase for the character: 宿

宿

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Meaning

dormitory, hostel, to lodge, stay at, old, former

Pronunciation

sù, xiǔ, xiù

Explanation

 Top: roof 宀, below: 佰 (person 亻/人 and hundred 百 [tilt your head to the right to read 100])

Mnemonic
 
The roof hosting hundred people is a lodge.

Radicals

宀 roof
百 hundredTilt your head to the right and read a "1" with two zeros 日 = 100




 Vocabulary

宿舍 sù shè  dormitory; dorm room; living quarters; hostel
住宿 zhù sù  lodging; accommodation
宿营 sù yíng  living quarters; accommodation; camp
嫖宿 piáo sù  to spend the night at a brothel
 

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