Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 胳

胳

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Meaning

 armpit

Pronunciation

 gē

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: everybody 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)

Mnemonic

A body's part that everyone has, or that is bent like sitting cross-legged 夂 with an opening 口 is the armpit.

Radicals

肉 meat(and body parts)
各 each, everybody(Watch for the very similar meaning of the radical every 每.)
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Vocabulary

胳膊 gē bo arm
胳臂 gē bei arm
胳臂肘儿 gē bei zhǒur elbow
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)

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