Memory phrase for the character: 蛊

蛊

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Meaning

to drive to insanity, to bewitch, intestinal parasite

Pronunciation

gǔ

Explanation

 Top: insect 虫, below: bowl/plate 皿

Mnemonic
 
(e.g. the tapeworm, which is ingested through food) If there were insects in my bowl/food, the intestinal parasite drive me to insanity.

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
皿 bowl




 Vocabulary

蛊祝 gǔ zhù  to curse sb; to place a jinx
蛊惑 gǔ huò  to poison; to bewitch; to put a spell on sb; to harm by witchcraft
病民蛊国 bìng mín gǔ guó  to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
病民蛊国 bìng mín gǔ guó  

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