Memory phrase for the character: 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 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”.
亠 lid




 Vocabulary

石膏 shí gāo  gypsum, plaster
石膏 shí gāo  

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