Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 敌

敌

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Meaning

 enemy, hostile, rival

Pronunciation

 dí

Explanation

 Left: tounge 舌 (Thousand 千 mouths 口 with tongues), right: strike 攵/攴 (stick 卜 in hand 又)

Mnemonic

(In war you need propaganda) With your tongue and a stick in your hand to fight the enemy.

Radicals

舌 tongue
攴 rap, strike(Shows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳)
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Vocabulary

敌人 dí rén enemy

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