Memory phrase for the character: 挝

挝

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Meaning

beat, to strike

Pronunciation

zhuā

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: to pass through 过 (A movement 辶 of the skillful hand 寸 and you passed through.)

Mnemonic

A hand can pass through, if it beats.

Radicals

扌	hand	Simplification of this hand 手
辶	movement	In some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
寸	skillful hand	Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".

Vocabulary

老挝	Lǎo wō	Laos
老挝	Lǎo wō

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