Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 漂

漂

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Meaning

 to float, to drift, to bleach, elegant

Pronunciation

 piāo, piǎo, piào

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: ticket 票 (In the west 覀/西 you show 示 your ticket.) [West: 西 = Below the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west]

Mnemonic

On the water is a ticket and it is floating.

Radicals

氵 Water
票 ticket, ballot(bank note; person held for ransom)
西 west
示 to show, altar(Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.)
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Vocabulary

漂亮 piào liang pretty; beautiful

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