Memory phrase for the character: 峡

峡

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Meaning

gorge, ravine

Pronunciation

xiá

Explanation

 Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽]

Mnemonic
 
The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorge.

Radicals

山 mountain
夹 squeeze in
夫 husbandThe big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)




 Vocabulary

峡谷 xiá gǔ  canyon; gill; ravine
 
海峡 hǎi xiá  channel; strait
 
 
 

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