Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 窑
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窑 |
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Meaning |
oven, kiln |
Pronunciation |
yáo |
Explanation |
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵) |
Mnemonic
| At the top is the hole at this 'can': the oven. |
Radicals
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穴
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cave | |
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缶
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can, jar | (In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".) |
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
| 窑洞 |
yáo dòng |
yaodong (dugout used as shelter) | | 黑砖窑 |
hēi zhuān yáo |
lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor | | 窑姐儿 |
yáo jiěr |
a prostitute |
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