Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 臀

臀

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Meaning

 butt, buttocks

Pronunciation

 tún

Explanation

 Top: palace hall 殿 (Buttocks 尸 together 共 with the weapons in their hands 殳 are in the palace), bottom: body part 月/肉

Mnemonic

The 'palace' amoung the body parts is the: buttocks.

Radicals

尸 buttocks in side view(This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.)
共 together; common
殳 weapon(battle axe in a hand 又)
肉 meat(and body parts)
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Vocabulary

臀鳍 tún qí anal fin
蜥臀目 xī tún mù Saurischia or lizard-hipped dinosaurs, order within super-order Dinosauria
臀部 tún bù butt; buttocks

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