Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 焘
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焘 |
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Meaning |
cover over, to envelope |
Pronunciation |
dào |
Explanation |
Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire 灬 |
Mnemonic
| (Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered. |
Radicals
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寿
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long life | |
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手
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hand | |
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寸
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skillful hand | (Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".) |
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灬
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fire | (Also this radical 火 stands for fire.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 郭松焘 |
Guō Sōng dào |
Guo Songdao or Kuo Sun-tao (1818-1891), China's first imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK and France | | 张国焘 |
Zhāng Guó tāo |
Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938 |
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