Memory phrase for the character: 殿

殿

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Meaning

palace hall

Pronunciation

diàn

Explanation

 Left: buttock from the side 尸, together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
Buttocks together with the armed hands are in the palace.

Radicals

尸 buttocks in side viewThis radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.
共 together; common
殳 weaponbattle axe in a hand 又




 Vocabulary

宫殿 gōng diàn  palace
殿下 diàn xià  your majesty (honorific); his highness
大殿 dà diàn  main hall of a Buddhist temple
 

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