Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 罐
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罐 |
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Meaning |
can, jar, pot |
Pronunciation |
guàn |
Explanation |
Left: can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ is this bird 隹: The stork) |
Mnemonic
| A can on which a stork is depicted is still a can. |
Radicals
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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".) |
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雚
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stork | (cf. 鹳) |
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午
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noon | (11 a.m.-1 p.m., 7th earthly branch) |
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
| 破罐破摔 |
pò guàn pò shuāi |
lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback | | 罐头 |
guàn tou |
tin; can | | 罐子 |
guàn zi |
jar; pitcher; pot | | 罐车 |
guàn chē |
tanker truck; tanker wagon |
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