Memory phrase for the character: 簸

簸

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Meaning

to winnow, dust pan, toss (as waves)

Pronunciation

bǒ, bò

Explanation

Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 其 (image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)

Mnemonic

Made of bamboo is the grain shovel for separating the "skins" (of the grain) when winnowing.

Radicals

竹	bamboo
其	grain shovel/scoop	With a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shed the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
皮	skin	For 'leather' the radicals 革 and 韦 are used.

Vocabulary

颠簸	diān bǒ	to shake; to jolt; to bump
簸箕	bò jī	dustpan; winnowing fan; loop (of a fingerprint)
簸荡	bǒ dàng	roll; rock

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