Memory phrase for the character: 胡

胡

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Meaning

beard, mustache, non-Han people, reckless

Pronunciation

hú

Explanation

 Left: old 古 (image of a tomb stone), right: flesh, body part 月/肉

Mnemonic
 
Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.

Radicals

胡 beard, non-Han people
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.




 Vocabulary

胡子 hú zi  beard; moustache or whiskers; facial hair
胡萝卜 hú luó bo  carrot
胡萝卜素 hú luó bo sù  carotene
胡燕妮 Hú Yān nī  Jenny Hu
胡诌乱傍 hú zhōu luàn bàng  to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡椒 hú jiāo  pepper
胡抡 hú lūn  to act rashly
胡笙 hú shēng  pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
胡笙 hú shēng  

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