Memory phrase for the character: 腋

腋

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Meaning

armpit, axil (botany, angle between stem and branch)

Pronunciation

yè

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.)

Mnemonic
 
The part of the body where (it is as) dark as night is the armpit.

Radicals

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”.
夜 night




 Vocabulary

集腋成裘 jí yè chéng qiú  many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big; many a mickle makes a muckle
变生肘腋 biàn shēng zhǒu yè  lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard
腋芽 yè yá  axillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant
腋下 yè xià  underarm; armpit
腋下 yè xià  

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