Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 膏

膏

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Meaning

 cream, balm, ointment, paste

Pronunciation

 gāo

Explanation

 Top: high 高 (actually a guard tower, but here: a cover/lid 亠 and three layers 口,冖,口 of the skin), bottom: part of body 月/肉

Mnemonic

It's a cover for the three layers of the body's skin: the cream or balm.

Radicals

高 tall
肉 meat(and body parts)
亠 lid
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Vocabulary

石膏 shí gāo gypsum, plaster

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