Memory phrase for the character: 抹

抹

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Meaning

to wipe (away), smear, erase, to plaster

Pronunciation

mǒ, mò, mā

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: end 末 (The longer top branch 一 of the tree 木 marks the end.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand has an end (namely: the fingertips), which you use to: wipe (away) or smear.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
末 end, finalHere the upper line is longer. Otherwise it means unfinished/unripe 未.




 Vocabulary

涂抹 tú mǒ  to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate
抹杀 mǒ shā  to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress
难以抹去 nán yǐ mǒ qù  hard to erase; ineradicable
难以抹去 nán yǐ mǒ qù  

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