Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 炙


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Meaning

to roast, BBQ, to broil, to toast

Pronunciation

zhì

Explanation

Top: meat / lying flatly (as known for example from sacrifice ), below: fire

Mnemonic

If the meat is over the fire, then it is roasted.

Radicals

moon, month(When it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".)
fire(Also this radical stands for fire.)
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Vocabulary

脍炙人口 kuài zhì rén kǒu appealing to the masses; universally appreciated (idiom)
腩炙 nǎn zhì stewed brisket
焦炙 jiāo zhì to scorch; to burn to charcoal; sick with worry


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