Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 澄

澄

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Meaning

 clear, limpid, to purify, settle (liquid)

Pronunciation

 chéng, dèng

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it.)

Mnemonic

(In dirty water, the dirt settles down, the clear part rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear.

Radicals

氵 Water
登 climb up
癶 vulcano
豆 bean(shows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.)
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Vocabulary

澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid); to become clear (by precipitation of impurities); precipitate (chemistry); to put in order; to quell disturbances

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