Memory phrase for the character: 毡

毡

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Meaning

felt (fabric)

Pronunciation

zhān

Explanation

 Left: wool 毛, right: fortunetelling 占 (Here: hammer with handle 卜 and body 口)

Mnemonic
 
The wool is worked with a hammer until it becomes: felt.

Radicals

毛 furA tuft of hair 彡 is shown.
占 divineIt is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.




 Vocabulary

毛毡 máo zhān  felt
针毡 zhēn zhān  (on) pins and needles; uncomfortable situation; on tenterhooks
画毡 huà zhān  felt desk pad for calligraphy
画毡 huà zhān  

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