Memory phrase for the character: 寄

寄

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Meaning

to depend, to live (in a house), to lodge

Pronunciation

jì

Explanation

 Top: roof 宀, below: strange, odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [possible 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]

Mnemonic
 
Under the roof, there are great possibilities, because you depend on each-other.

Radicals

宀 roof
奇 strange, odd, weird(It seems to be too good to be real.) Therefore: If there is a big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange!
大 big, hugeA person 人 with outspread arms 一 appears big.
可 be possible




 Vocabulary

寄生 jì shēng  to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism; parasitic
 

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