Memory phrase for the character: 绸


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Meaning

(light) silk

Pronunciation

chóu

Explanation

Left: thread 纟/糸, right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.) [joy 吉 = simplif. of happy 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy]

Mnemonic


 
(Here "encircle" in the sense of put on clothes) The thread that encircles you is the silk.

Radicals

threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
circumference




 Vocabulary

丝绸 sī chóu  silk cloth; silk
府绸 fǔ chóu  poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)
绸缎 chóu duàn  satin; silk fabric
绸缪 chóu móu  to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
绸缪 chóu móu  


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