Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 view(This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.)
共 together; common
殳 weapon(battle axe in a hand 又)
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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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