Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 薄
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薄 |
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Meaning |
meager, slight, weak, belittle, to look down on |
Pronunciation |
bó, báo, bò |
Explanation |
Top: plant 艹, below: extensive 溥 (The water 氵 announces 尃 that it is extensively widespread) [announce 尃 = right now 甫 with a skillful hand 寸, cf.搏]) |
Mnemonic
| When plants are in the water they stay right now and despite skillful hands: meager and weak. |
Radicals
艹
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grass, plant | |
尃
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to announce | (.. just now 甫 and with a skillful hand 寸) |
寸
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skillful hand | (Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".) |
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Vocabulary
薄膜 |
bó mó |
membrane; film | 薄暮 |
bó mù |
dusk; twilight |
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