Memory phrase for the character: 棍

棍

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Meaning

rod, stick, truncheon

Pronunciation

gùn

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: elder brother, insect 昆 (originally image of an insect with carapace 日 and legs 比)

Mnemonic
 
It is made of wood it can hit/bite like an insect: a rod or truncheon.

Radicals

木 tree
昆 insectAnother meaning of this character is "older borther [kūn]" - Also this character 虫 means insect.
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 Vocabulary

木棍 mù gùn  wooden stick
棍子 gùn zi  stick; rod
棍棒 gùn bàng  club
棍棒 gùn bàng  

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