Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 狱
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狱 |
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Meaning |
prison, jail, penitentiary |
Pronunciation |
yù |
Explanation |
From left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), word 讠/言, dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms) |
Mnemonic
| A wild animal turns by one word (= sentence of a judge) into a tame dog: in prison. |
Radicals
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犭
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wild animal | (Shows in particular a wild dog on its hind legs.) |
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讠
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word | (traditionally 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth) |
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犬
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dog | (Shows a big 大 person with with outspread arms who holds a small dog 丶) |
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
| 监狱 |
jiān yù |
prison | | 地狱 |
dì yù |
hell; infernal; underworld | | 入狱 |
rù yù |
go to jail; get sent to prison |
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